voestalpine AG

Composition of the Supervisory Board

Composition of the Supervisory Board

Composition of the Supervisory Board

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Dr. Wolfgang Eder
Born 1952

 

Chairman of the Supervisory Board (since 04/01/2022)
Initial appointment: 07/03/2019
Former Chairman of the Management Board of voestalpine AG, Linz, Austria;
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG, Vienna, Austria

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Dr. Heinrich Schaller1
Born 1959

 

Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board (since 07/04/2012)
Initial appointment: 07/04/2012
CEO of Raiffeisenlandesbank Oberösterreich AG, Linz, Austria (until 04/30/2025);
Second Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Raiffeisen Bank International AG, Vienna, Austria (until 03/26/2025);
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of AMAG Austria Metall AG, Braunau-Ranshofen, Austria

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KR Dr. Franz Gasselsberger, MBA
Born 1959

 

Member of the Supervisory Board
Chairman of the Audit Committee (since 07/03/2019)
Initial appointment: 07/01/2004
CEO of Oberbank AG, Linz, Austria;
Member of the Supervisory Board of Bank für Tirol und Vorarlberg Aktiengesellschaft, Innsbruck, Austria;
Member of the Supervisory Board of BKS AG, Klagenfurt, Austria;
Member of the Supervisory Board of Lenzing AG, Lenzing, Austria

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Martin Hetzer Ph.D.
Born 1969

 

Member of the Supervisory Board (since 07/03/2024)
Initial appointment: 07/03/2024
President of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria (ISTA), Klosterneuburg, Austria

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Mag. Ingrid Jörg
Born 1969

 

Member of the Supervisory Board
Initial appointment: 07/03/2019
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Constellium Switzerland AG, Zurich, Switzerland

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Dr. Florian Khol
Born 1971

 

Member of the Supervisory Board
Initial appointment: 07/03/2019
Attorney at law; partner at Binder Grösswang Rechtsanwälte GmbH, Vienna, Austria

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Mag. Maria Kubitschek
Born 1962

 

Member of the Supervisory Board
Initial appointment: 07/03/2019
Former Deputy Director of the Federal Chamber of Workers/Vienna Chamber of Workers, Vienna, Austria

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Prof. Elisabeth Stadler
Born 1961

 

Member of the Supervisory Board
Initial appointment: 07/03/2019
Former Chairwoman of the Management Board of Vienna Insurance Group AG (Wiener Versicherung Gruppe), Vienna, Austria;
Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of Österreichische Post Aktiengesellschaft, Vienna, Austria; Member of the Supervisory Board of OMV Aktiengesellschaft, Vienna, Austria;
Deputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of Andritz AG, Graz, Austria (since 04/08/2024)

 

Delegated by the Works Council:

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Sandra Fritz
Born 1977

 

Member of the Supervisory Board
Initial delegation: 06/15/2019
Member of the Works Council for Salaried Employees of voestalpine AG, Linz, Austria

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Josef Gritz
Born 1959

 

Member of the Supervisory Board
(until 06/30/2024)
Initial delegation: 01/01/2000
Former Chairman of the Works Council for Workers of voestalpine Stahl Donawitz GmbH, Donawitz, Austria

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Manfred Hippold
Born 1964

 

Member of the Supervisory Board
(since 05/01/2025)
Initial delegation: 05/01/2025 Chairman of the Group Works Council of voestalpine AG, Linz, Austria;
Chairman of the European Works Council of voestalpine AG, Linz, Austria

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Reinhard Lang
Born 1971

 

Member of the Supervisory Board (since 10/02/2024)
Initial delegation: 10/02/2024
Chairman of the Employee Representation of Metal Forming Division, Krems, Austria;
Member of the European Works Council of voestalpine AG, Linz, Austria

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Hans-Karl Schaller
Born 1960

 

Member of the Supervisory Board (until 04/30/2025)
Initial delegation: 09/01/2005
Former Chairman of the Group Works Council of voestalpine AG, Linz, Austria;
Former Chairman of the European Works Council of voestalpine AG, Linz, Austria

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Gerhard Scheidreiter
Born 1964

 

Member of the Supervisory Board
Initial delegation: 01/01/2012
Chairman of the Works Council for Workers of voestalpine BÖHLER Edelstahl GmbH & Co KG, Kapfenberg, Austria

 

 

 

 

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By letter dated May 6, 2025, Dr. Heinrich Schaller announced his resignation as a member of the Supervisory Board with effect from the end of the Annual General Meeting on July 2, 2025.

All Supervisory Board positions held by the shareholder representatives end as of the close of the Annual General Meeting of voestalpine AG tasked with adopting resolutions regarding the business year 2028/29.

None of the members of the Supervisory Board missed more than one half of the meetings of the Supervisory Board during the past business year. With the exception of two members who were unable to attend one meeting and two members who were unable to attend two meetings, the members of the Supervisory Board attended all meetings held during the past business year.

Qualification Matrix for the Supervisory Board 2024/25

 

 

Shareholder representatives

 

Employee representatives

 

 

Eder

 

Gasselsberger

 

Hetzer

 

Jörg

 

Khol

 

Kubitschek

 

H. Schaller

 

Stadler

 

Fritz

 

Hippold
(since 05/01/2025)

 

Lang

 

H.K. Schaller
(until 04/30/2025)

 

Scheidreiter

Member of the Supervisory Board

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

since

 

2019

 

2004

 

2024

 

2019

 

2019

 

2019

 

2012

 

2019

 

2019

 

2025

 

2024

 

2005

 

2012

appointed until the Annual General Meeting

 

2027

 

2029

 

2029

 

2029

 

2029

 

2029

 

2029

 

2029

 

n.a.

 

n.a.

 

n.a.

 

n.a.

 

n.a.

Personal data/diversiity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Year of birth

 

1952

 

1959

 

1969

 

1969

 

1971

 

1962

 

1959

 

1961

 

1977

 

1964

 

1971

 

1960

 

1964

Gender

 

Male

 

Male

 

Male

 

Female

 

Male

 

Female

 

Male

 

Female

 

Female

 

Male

 

Male

 

Male

 

Male

Nationality

 

Austrian

 

Austrian

 

Austrian

 

Swiss

 

Austrian

 

Austrian

 

Austrian

 

Austrian

 

Austrian

 

Austrian

 

Austrian

 

Austrian

 

Austrian

Educational background

 

Dr. iur

 

Dr. iur, MBA

 

PhD, Prof. Genetics, Biochemistry

 

Mag. rer soc oec

 

Dr. iur

 

Mag. rer soc oec

 

Dr. iur

 

Actuary with high school diploma

 

Forwarding clerk with high school diploma

 

Furnace builder, Union academy

 

Automotive apprentice­ship, Works Council Apprentice­ship, Skills academy

 

Apprentice­ship, Master, Union academy

 

Sheet metal worker, Union training

Professional background

 

Former CEO voestalpine AG

 

Director General Oberbank AG

 

President of the Institute of Science and Technology Austria

 

COO Constellium Switzerland AG

 

Lawyer/Managing Partner

 

Former Deputy Director of the Federal Chamber of Workers/Vienna Chamber of Workers

 

General Director of Raiffeisen­landes­bank Ober­österreich AG

 

Former CEO Vienna Insurance Group

 

Lead IT Communi­cation

 

Machine worker

 

Machine worker

 

Mainte­nance

 

Machine worker

International experience

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Long term posting abroad

 

✖

 

✖

 

✔

 

✔

 

✖

 

✔

 

✖

 

✖

 

✖

 

✖

 

✖

 

✔

 

✖

Long term management responsibility abroad

 

✔

 

✖

 

✔

 

✔

 

✖

 

✔

 

✖

 

✔

 

✖

 

✖

 

✖

 

✖

 

✖

Responsibility for operational companies

 

✖

 

✖

 

✔

 

✔

 

✖

 

✔

 

✖

 

✔

 

✖

 

✖

 

✖

 

✖

 

✖

Personal suitability

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Independence2

 

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

n.a.

 

n.a.

 

n.a.

 

n.a.

 

n.a.

No overboarding3

 

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

✔

 

✔

Technical knowledge1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Leadership Experience

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

Strategy

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

M&A

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

Human Resources

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

Organizational Development

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

Finance

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

Marketing and Sales

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

Law/Compliance/Corporate Governance

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

Risk management/Insurance

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

IT and digitalization

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

Capital market/Investors

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

R&D

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

 

 

 

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

Specific business experience1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Industry

 

■

 

■

 

 

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

Technology

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

Production/Manufacturing

 

■

 

■

 

 

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

Sustainability1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sustainability, especially decarbonization, environment and social

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

Financial and Compensation Expertise1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Knowledge and practical experience in finance, accounting and reporting4

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

Knowledge and experience in the field of compensation policies5

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

■

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

Supervisory board self assessment

2

according to the criteria laid down by the Supervisory Board pursuant to Rule 53 of the Austrian Corporate Governance Code for assessing the independence of a member of the Supervisory Board

3

pursuant to the Austrian Corporate Governance Code (Rules 56 and 57)

4

Rule 40 of the Austrian Corporate Governance Code

5

Rule 43 of the Austrian Corporate Governance Code

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In-depth knowledge

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Low level of knowledge/basic knowledge

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No knowledge

n.a.

not applicable

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