New Supervisory Board elected at Linde AG's Annual General Meeting - Dr Manfred Schneider confirmed as Chairman
Munich, the 06/03/2008 - At the Linde AG's Annual General Meeting held today, the shareholders' representatives were elected in rotation for the new Supervisory Board, which has been reduced in size from 16 to 12 members. At the constitutive meeting immediately following the Annual General Meeting, the Supervisory Board members confirmed the appointment of Dr Manfred Schneider as Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Dr Schneider has been a member of the Linde AG Supervisory Board from 29 May 2001 and Chairman of the Supervisory Board from 27 May 2003.
Matthew F. C. Miau, Taiwan, was newly elected to the Supervisory Board as a shareholders' representative. The following members retired from the Linde AG Supervisory Board: Dr Karl-Hermann Baumann, Gerhard Full, Professor Dr Jürgen Strube (shareholders' representative), Siegried Friebel and Josef Schuhbeck (employees' representative).
Composition of the newly elected Linde AG Supervisory Board for the period of office to 2013: Shareholders' representatives:Dr Gerhard Beiten, Munich,
Lawyer Dr Clemens Börsig, Frankfurt am Main,
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG Michael Diekmann, Munich,
Second Deputy Chairman of the Linde AG Supervisory Board
Chairman of the Board of Management of Allianz SE Matthew F. C. Miau, Taipei, Taiwan,
Chairman of MiTAC-SYNNEX Group Klaus-Peter Müller, Frankfurt am Main,
Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors of Commerzbank AG
Dr Manfred Schneider, Leverkusen,
Chairman of the Supervisory Boards of Bayer AG and Linde AG
Employees' representatives:
Gernot Hahl, Worms,
Chairman of the Worms Works Council, Gases Division, Linde AG
Trade Union Secretary on the Executive Board of IG Metall Frankfurt Hans-Dieter Katte, Pullach,
Deputy Chairman of the Linde AG Supervisory Board
Chairman of the Pullach Works Council, Engineering Division, Linde AG Jens Riedel, Halle,
Chairman of the Leuna Works Council, Gases Division, Linde AG Josef Schregle, Königsdorf,
Manager responsible for finance and financial control, Engineering Division, Linde AG Wilfried Woller, Bergheim,
Member of the Managerial Board responsible for management sector 5, IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie
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