Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board of adidas AG - in accordance with the German Co-Determination Act (Mitbestimmungsgesetz - MitBestG) is composed of twelve members, of which six members are elected by the Annual General Meeting and six members are elected by the employees.
The core functions of the Supervisory Board include the appointment and dismissal of Executive Board members, the supervision and consultancy of the Executive Board, the approval of the financial statements as well as the authorisation of important operative planning and corporate decisions.
The term in office of all members of the Supervisory Board started with the end of the Annual General Meeting of adidas AG on May 7, 2009. By rotation, the next Supervisory Board elections will be held in 2014.
For further information on the Supervisory Board members, please see our overview below.
MEMBERS OF THE SUPERVISORY BOARD
Igor Landau
Chairman
Born:
1944
Nationality:
French
Exercised Profession:
Former Chief Executive Officer of Aventis S.A., Paris, France
Mandates
- Member of the Supervisory Board, Allianz SE, Munich, Germany
- Member of the Board of Directors, Sanofi-Aventis S.A., Paris, France
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Sabine Bauer*
Deputy Chairwoman
Born:
1963
Nationality:
German
Exercised Profession:
Chairwoman of the Central Works Council,
adidas AG
Willi Schwerdtle
Deputy Chairman
Born:
1953
Nationality:
German
Exercised Profession:
Management Consultant, Hofheim am Taunus, Germany
Mandates
- Member of the Supervisory Board, Eckes AG, Nieder-Olm, Germany
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Dieter Hauenstein*
Born:
1957
Nationality:
German
Exercised Profession:
Deputy Chairman of the Works Council Herzogenaurach, adidas AG
Dr. Wolfgang Jäger*
Born:
1954
Nationality:
German
Exercised Profession:
Managing Director, Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, Düsseldorf, Germany
Dr. Stefan Jentzsch
Born:
1960
Nationality:
German
Exercised Profession:
Partner, Perella Weinberg Partners UK LLP, London, Great Britain
Mandates
- Member of the Supervisory Board, Sky Deutschland AG, Unterföhring, Germany
- Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, AIL Leasing München AG, Grünwald, Germany
(as of Nov. 14, 2012)
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Herbert Kauffmann
Born:
1951
Nationality:
German
Exercised Profession:
Management Consultant, Stuttgart, Germany
Mandates
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Uniscon universal identity control GmbH, Munich, Germany
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Roland Nosko*
Born:
1958
Nationality:
German
Exercised Profession:
Trade Union Official, IG BCE, Headquarter Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany
Mandates
- Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, CeramTec GmbH, Plochingen, Germany
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Alexander Popov
Born:
1971
Nationality:
Russian
Exercised Profession:
Chairman, RFSO "Lokomotiv", Moscow, Russia
Hans Ruprecht*
Born:
1954
Nationality:
German
Exercised Profession:
Sales Director Customer Service,
Central Europe West, adidas AG
Heidi Thaler-Veh*
Born:
1962
Nationality:
German
Exercised Profession:
Member of the Central Works Council, adidas AG
Christian Tourres
Born:
1938
Nationality:
French
Exercised Profession:
Former Member of the Executive Board of
adidas AG
*Employee representative
SUPERVISORY BOARD COMMITTEES
For information on the Supervisory Board committees, their composition and tasks, see the Supervisory Board Committee section.
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