Supervisory Board of Sartorius AG
The Supervisory Board monitors and advises the Executive Board. The Supervisory Board consists of twelve members; as stipulated by the German codetermination law governing stock corporations, half of the members are made up of shareholders and half of employees’ representatives.
The Supervisory Board is directly involved in making the decisions of fundamental importance for the company. Together with the Executive Board, the Supervisory Board agrees on the Group’s strategic focus and regularly discusses the status of the ongoing execution of business strategy.
Dr. Lothar Kappich
Manfred Zaffke
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Osterode am Harz, Germany
First Authorized Representative of the German Metalworkers’ Union (IG Metall) branch office in the Southern Lower Saxony-Harz region in Northeim, Germany
Member of the Supervisory Board since March 2014
Annette Becker
Göttingen, Germany
Chairwoman of the Employees’ Council of Sartorius Corporate Administration GmbH in Göttingen, Chairwoman of the Group Employees’ Council of Sartorius AG in Göttingen, Germany
Member of the Supervisory Board since September 2002
Prof. David Raymond Ebsworth
Overath, Germany
Consultant for a number of healthcare companies and financial investors
Member of the Supervisory Board since January 2020
Dr. Daniela Favoccia
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Attorney and partner of the Hengeler Mueller partnership of lawyers, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Member of the Supervisory Board since April 2017
Petra Kirchhoff
Göttingen, Germany
Head of Corporate Communications and Investor Relations, Sartorius Corporate Administration GmbH in Göttingen, Germany
Member of the Supervisory Board since October 2010
Dietmar Müller
Gleichen, Germany
Chairman of the Employees’ Council of Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH in Göttingen as well as a member of the Group Employees‘ Council of Sartorius AG
Member of the Supervisory Board since May 2020
Ilke Hildegard Panzer
Fredonia, Wisconsin, USA
Chief Executive Officer of Assurance Laboratories LLC in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Member of the Supervisory Board since April 2017
Frank Riemensperger
Dietzenbach, Germany
Entrepreneur
Member of the Supervisory Board since March 2022
Hermann Jens Ritzau
Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
Member and Chairman of the Employees’ Council of Sartorius Lab Instruments GmbH & Co. KG as well as a member of the Group Employees‘ Council of Sartorius AG
Member of the Supervisory Board since March 2021
Prof. Dr. Klaus Rüdiger Trützschler
Sabrina Wirth
Nienburg / Weser, Germany
Political secretary for organizational policy in the district management of the German Metalworkers’ Union (IG Metall) Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt
Member of the Supervisory Board since March 2022
Committees of the Supervisory Board
Executive Task Committee
Dr. Lothar Kappich (Chairman)
Annette Becker
Prof. Dr. Klaus Ruediger Truetzschler
Manfred Zaffke
Conciliation Committee
Dr. Lothar Kappich (Chairman)
Annette Becker
Prof. Dr. Klaus Ruediger Truetzschler
Manfred Zaffke
Audit Committee
Prof. Dr. Klaus Ruediger Truetzschler (Chairman)
Dr. Lothar Kappich
Dietmar Müller
Manfred Zaffke
Nomination Committee
Dr. Lothar Kappich (Chairman)
Dr. Daniela Favoccia
Prof. Dr. Klaus Ruediger Truetzschler
