By way of a resolution dated October 26, 2023, the Supervisory Board has adopted the following Rules of Procedure:
Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board of Brenntag SE
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Chairperson of the Supervisory Board
Richard Ridinger | Chair, member of the Supervisory Board since June 10, 2020, elected until the end of the General Shareholders’ Meeting 2027. | |
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Committees | Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee since June 15, 2023, and member of the Transformation and ESG Committee since its establishment in January 2021. | |
Specific expertise and experience | More than 20 years of management experience in leading management positions in the chemical industry and healthcare industry, with a focus on operational and strategic transformations due to his professional background with various positions in the chemical industry. | |
Career | 2012 - 2019 | CEO, Lonza Group, Basel, Switzerland (SMI-listed) |
2002 - 2011 | Executive Vice President, Cognis, Monheim am Rhein, Germany | |
1986 - 2002 | Various Positions in R&D, Engineering, Operations, Marketing & Sales, Business Unit Lead, HENKEL KGaA, Düsseldorf, Germany | |
Education and Training | 1979 - 1985 | Chemical Engineering (Diploma), University of Karlsruhe, Germany |
Membership in Supervisory Boards to be established under applicable law | None | |
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Deputy Chairperson of the Supervisory Board
Stefanie Berlinger | Deputy Chair, Member of the Supervisory Board since June 9, 2015, elected until the end of the General Shareholders’ Meeting 2027 | |
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Committees | Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee since May 22, 2025. | |
Specific expertise and experience | More than 25 years of professional experience in investment banking and capital markets on international level, with expert knowledge in accounting, auditing, risk management and compliance as well as sustainability and in particular ESG. | |
Career | Since 2010 | Managing Director, Lilja & Co. GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany |
Since 2006 | Partner, Lilja & Co. AG, Zurich, Switzerland | |
2005 | Director, lnstitutional Equity Sales, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany | |
2000 - 2004 | Director, Equity Capital Markets, Deutsche Bank AG, London, UK | |
1998 - 1999 | Associate, Equity Capital Markets Syndicate, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt, Germany | |
1996 - 1997 | Analyst, Corporate Finance, Deutsche Zentralgenossenschaftsbank AG, Frankfurt, Germany | |
Education and Training | 1992 - 1994 | European Business Studies (Bachelor), Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK |
1991 - 1995 | Business administration (Diploma), Technical University Regensburg, Germany | |
Membership in Supervisory Boards to be established under applicable law | None | |
Membership in comparable domestic and foreign control bodies of commercial enterprises | None |
Suja Chandrasekaran | Member of the Supervisory Board since June 15, 2023, elected until the end of the General Shareholders’ Meeting 2026. | |
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Committees | Member of the Audit and Compliance Committee since June 15, 2023 | |
Specific expertise and experience | More than 25 years of experience in leading executive management positions in global companies, with a strong focus on technology and data, strategic transformation, digital business models, operations cybersecurity and e-commerce. | |
Career | 2019 - 2022 | Chief Digital and Information Officer and Senior Executive Vice President, CommonSpirit Health, Chicago, IL, USA. |
2016 - 2019 | Global Chief Digital Officer and Chief Information Officer Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Irving, TX, USA. | |
2011 - 2016 | Senior Vice President and Global Chief Technology and Data Officer, Walmart Inc., Bentonville, AR, USA. | |
2009 - 2011 | Senior Vice President, Global Chief Information and E-Commerce Officer, The Timberland Company, Stratham, NH, USA. | |
2007 - 2009 | Regional Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, PepsiCo Inc., Plano, TX, USA. | |
1997 - 2007 | Various positions at Nestlé S.A.: Senior Director and CIO in Glendale, CA, USA and Sao Paulo, Brazil. | |
Education and Training | 2022 | NACD Directorship Certification, National Association of Corporate Directors, USA. |
2004 | Executive development, London Business School, London, England. | |
1994 - 1996 | Business Systems (Master), Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. | |
1984 - 1988 | Electrical Engineering (Bachelor), University of Madras, Madras, India. | |
Membership in Supervisory Boards to be established under applicable law | None | |
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Wijnand Donkers | Member of the Supervisory Board since June 8, 2017, elected until the end of the General Shareholders’ Meeting 2026. | |
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Committees | Member of the Transformation and ESG Committee since its establishment in January 2021, Chair of the Transformation and ESG Committee since May 22, 2025 | |
Specific expertise and experience | More than 25 years of professional experience leading change, performance improvement and executing transformative M&A as an energy and real estate private equity executive. He has a deep understanding of the challenges facing the international energy and chemicals industry and special expertise in the field of Environment, Social & Governance (ESG) due to his professional background and various executive leadership positions in the chemical industry. | |
Career | Since 2019 | Senior Adviser, Cerberus Capital Management LLC, New York |
Since 2012 | Managing Director, Horizon D. Capital BV, Wassenaar, the Netherlands | |
2015 - 2018 | Industry Partner, Petrus Advisers, London, Great Britain | |
2007 - 2012 | CEO, Deutsche Annington SE / Vonovia SE, Düsseldorf, Germany | |
1985 - 2007 | Business Unit Leader Oil and Gas, Chemicals and Trading & Optimisation, BP p.l.c., London, United Kingdom | |
Education and Training | 2004 - 2007 | Several post graduate training programmes in the USA and UK |
2004 | Advanced Management Programme, Harvard Business School, Boston, USA | |
1988 - 1989 | Business Administration (Master), Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands and William E. Simon School of Business, Rochester, USA | |
1984 - 1986 | International Affairs (Diploma), The Johns Hopkins University, Bologna, Italy and Washington DC, USA | |
1981 - 1984 | Business Administration (Bachelor), Nyenrode Business Universiteit, Breukelen, The Netherlands | |
Membership in Supervisory Boards to be established under applicable law | None | |
Membership in comparable domestic and foreign control bodies of commercial enterprises | None |
Ulrich Harnacke | Member of the Supervisory Board since June 8, 2017, elected until the end of the General Shareholders’ Meeting 2026. | |
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Committees | Member and Chair of the Audit and Compliance Committee since June 8, 2017. | |
Specific expertise and experience | More than 40 years of professional experience as auditor and consultant of German and international clients, with extensive experience in corporate governance, risk management, compliance, and M&A with international mainly stock listed companies. | |
Career | 2015 - 2023 | Independent Business Consultant and Partner, Rhodion Advisors GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany |
2007 - 2015 | Partner and Managing Director, Deloitte GmbH, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Munich, Germany | |
1997 - 2006 | Member of the Board of Management, BDO AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Hamburg, Germany | |
1981 - 1997 | Auditor and Tax Consultant | |
Education and Training | 1976 - 1981 | Business Administration (Diploma), University of Cologne and RWTH Aachen, Germany |
Membership in Supervisory Boards to be established under applicable law | None | |
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Dominik de Daniel | Member of the Supervisory Board since May 22, 2025, elected until the end of the General Shareholders’ Meeting 2028. | |
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Committees | Member of the Audit and Compliance Committee since May 22, 2025. | |
Specific expertise and experience | More than 20 years C-suite leadership experience in various listed, globally leading companies in the business services industry with a focus on Logistics, Strategy, Finance, M&A, Process Improvement, IT & Digitalization and Investor Relations | |
Career | Since 2024 | Chief Executive Officer, Kühne Holding AG, Schindellegi, Switzerland |
2019 - 2023 | Chief Financial Officer, SGS SA, Geneva, Switzerland | |
2015 - 2018 | Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, IWG PLC, Zug, Switzerland | |
2006 - 2015 | Chief Financial Officer and Global Head of Solutions , Adecco SA, Zürich, Switzerland | |
2000 - 2006 | Various positions at DIS AG, Düsseldorf, Germany (Chief Financial Officer and Head of Investor Relations and M&A) | |
Education and Training | 1998 - 1999 | Degree CEFA Investment Analyst at DVFA, Frankfurt, Germany |
1995 - 1997 | Degree “Bankfachwirt” at the Bank Academy, Freiburg, Germany | |
1993 - 1995 | Vocational Training with the degree “Bankkaufmann”, DB Lörrach, Germany | |
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Karl von Rohr | Member of the Supervisory Board since June 9, 2015, elected until the end of the General Shareholders’ Meeting 2028. | |
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Committees | Member and Chair of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee since July 9, 2025. | |
Specific expertise and experience | Germany-, US- and Swiss trained Lawyer with three decades of executive and non-executive experience in large international publicly listed as well as family-owned companies across multiple industries. | |
Career | Since 2018 | Member of the Supervisory Board (Chairman of the Supervisory Board until 06/2024), DWS Group GmbH & Co. KGaA, Frankfurt/Main, Germany |
2015 - 2023 | Member of the Management Board, (Deputy Chairman until 2023) Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt/Main, Germany | |
2013 - 2015 | Global Chief Operating Officer, Regional Management, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt/Main, Germany | |
2004 - 2013 | Global Human Resources Business Partner and various global roles in Human Resources, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt/Main, Germany | |
2004 | Global Chief Operating Officer for Legal, Audit und Compliance, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt/Main, Germany | |
2000- 2004 | Member of the Management Board, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Deutsche Bank SA/NV, Brüssels, Belgium | |
1997- 2000 | Various positions at Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt/Main, Germany: Private Banking International, Strategic Business Development, Group Strategy / Corporate Development, Department Special Projects | |
Education and Training | 1994 - 1996 | Second State Exam, Hanseatic Higher Regional Court, Hamburg, Germany |
1994- 1995 | Teaching Assistant, University of the Federal Armed Forces, Faculty of Public Law, Hamburg, Germany | |
1993 - 1994 | LL.M. (Master of Laws), Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA | |
1987 - 1992 | Law degree, First State Examination, Universities of Bonn, Kiel in Germany and Lausanne, Switzerland | |
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Membership in comparable domestic and foreign control bodies of commercial enterprises | None |
Susanne Wiegand | Member of the Supervisory Board since July 9, 2025, elected until the end of the General Shareholders’ Meeting 2028. | |
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Committees | Member of the Transformation and ESG Committee since July 9, 2025. | |
Specific expertise and experience | Executive with over 20 years of experience in senior management roles in international publicly listed and family-owned companies in defence, mechanical engineering/construction and shipbuilding industries. She has a track record in the areas of growth strategies, IPOs, transformation and industrial markets. | |
Career | 2021 - 2024 | Chair of the Management Board, RENK Group AG, Augsburg, Germany |
2018 - 2021 | CEO Division Electronic Solutions and member of the Defense Executive Board, Rheinmetall AG, Bremen/Düsseldorf, Germany | |
2007 - 2018 | Managing Director, NOBISKRUG GmbH, Rendsburg, Germany; German Naval Yards Kiel GmbH, Kiel, Germany; Lindenau Werft GmbH, Kiel, Germany | |
2005 - 2007 | Senior Vice President and Head of Strategy, Business Development and M&A, ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems GmbH, Hamburg, Germany | |
2001 - 2005 | Management Consultant with projects (amongst others) at Fresenius, Daimler and ThyssenKrupp in Germany | |
1999 - 2001 | Senior Vice President Business Development, T-Systems International GmbH, Frankfurt/Main, Germany | |
1996 - 1999 | Management Consultant, Unit Manager Chemical/Pharmaceutical Industry, Diebold Deutschland GmbH, Eschborn, Germany | |
Education and Training | 1991 - 1996 | Master of Business Administration, Goethe University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany |
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Membership in comparable domestic and foreign control bodies of commercial enterprises | None |