Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board of adidas AG – in accordance with the German Co-Determination Act (Mitbestimmungsgesetz) – is composed of sixteen members.


Thomas Rabe
chairmanExercised Profession
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bertelsmann Management SE, Gütersloh, Germany

Paul Francis Seline *
Deputy ChairmanExercised Profession
Chairman of the Works Council Herzogenaurach, adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany
*Employee representative
Ian Gallienne
DEPUTY CHAIRMANExercised Profession
Chief Executive Officer, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, Brussels, Belgium

Birgit Biermann*
Exercised Profession
Member of the Steering Committee Industrial Union IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie, Hannover, Germany
*Employee representative
Linda Evenhuis*
Exercised Profession
Senior Lead Program and Facilitation (EMEA – GCA – APAC), Global HR Talent, adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany
*Employee representative
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Exercised Profession
CEO, Jackie Joyner-Kersee Foundation and Motivational Speaker, East St. Louis, USA

Christian Klein
Exercised Profession
Chief Executive Officer (CEO), SAP SE, Walldorf, Germany

Bastian Knobloch*
Exercised Profession
Chairman of the Works Council Campus North, adidas AG, Rieste, Germany
*Employee representative
Oliver Mintzlaff
Exercised Profession
CEO Corporate Projects & Investments, Red Bull GmbH, Fuschl am See, Austria

Petar Mitrovic*
Exercised Profession
Senior Manager Program Facilitation, Global HR Talent, adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany
*Employee representative
Thomas Sapper *
Exercised Profession
Senior Director Tech Project Management, adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany
*Employee representative
Nassef Sawiris
Exercised Profession
Executive Chairman and Member of the Board of Directors, OCI N.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Harald Sikorski*
Exercised Profession
District Manager Bavaria, Industrial Union IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie (IGBCE), Munich, Germany
*Employee representative
Bodo Uebber
Exercised Profession
Independent Management Consultant, Munich, Germany

Jing Ulrich
Exercised Profession
Managing Director and Vice Chairman, Investment Banking, JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York, USA

Guenter Weigl*
Exercised Profession
Senior Vice President Brand Partnerships, adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany
*Employee representative