Members

Dr. Michael Rogowski (Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
Appointed: June 07, 2006

Former Chairman of the Management Board of Voith AG, Heidenheim

Membership of a compulsory Supervisory Board of a German company (as of March 8, 2011)

  • HDI V.a.G./Talanx AG 
  • Vattenfall Europe AG
  • Carl Zeiss AG

Membership of a comparable non-executive body of a German or foreign company (as of September 4, 2009) 

  • Freudenberg & Co. 
  • Deutsche Bank AG 
  • Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG
Vita

Dr. Rogowski (born in 1939) holds the degree of Technischer Diplom-Betriebswirt (MBA) from the Technische Universität Karlsruhe (Karlsruhe Technical University). He began his professional career with the Singer Group in 1969. In 1974 he joined the company now known as Voith GmbH. In 1987, he became Voith GmbH's spokesperson and in 1992 chairman of the management board. From 2000 to 2010, he served as chairman of Voith AG’s supervisory board and its shareholders’ committee. From 1996 to 1998, Dr. Rogowski served as president of the Verband Deutscher Maschinen- und Anlagenbau e.V. (German Engineering Association/VDMA) and from 2001 to 2004 Dr. Rogowski was president of the Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie (Federation of German Industries/BDI). He holds several supervisory board positions, including at HDI V.a.G./Talanx AG and at Carl Zeiss AG.