Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board of adidas AG – in accordance with the German Co-Determination Act (Mitbestimmungsgesetz) – is composed of sixteen members.
Thomas Rabe - Chairman
BORN: 1965
NATIONALITY: German
EXERCISED PROFESSION: Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bertelsmann Management SE, Gütersloh, Germany
Membership in comparable domestic and foreign controlling bodies of commercial enterprises;
Mandates held in foreign subsidiaries of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
- Member of the Supervisory Board, Majorel Group Luxembourg S.A., Luxembourg, Luxembourg (formerly known as ACR – Advanced Customer Relation S.à r.l.)
Ian Gallienne - Deputy Chairman
BORN: 1971
NATIONALITY: French
EXERCISED PROFESSION: Chief Executive Officer, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, Brussels, Belgium
Mandates within the Groupe Bruxelles Lambert or entities under common control with the Groupe Bruxelles Lambert
- Member of the Board of Directors, Imerys SA, Paris, France
- Member of the Board of Directors, Sienna Capital S.à r.l., Strassen, Luxembourg
- Member of the Board of Directors, Compagnie Nationale à Portefeuille SA, Loverval, Belgium
- Member of the Board of Directors, Frère-Bourgeois SA, Loverval, Belgium
- Member of the Board of Directors, Château Cheval Blanc, Société Civile, Saint Emilion, France
- Member of the Board of Directors, GBL Development Ltd, London, United Kingdom
- Member of the Supervisory Board, Marnix French ParentCo SAS (Webhelp Group), Paris, France
Memberships in comparable domestic or foreign controlling bodies of commercial enterprises
- Member of the Board of Directors, Pernod Ricard SA, Paris, France
- Member of the Board of Directors, SGS SA, Geneva, Switzerland
Udo Mueller* - Deputy Chairman
BORN: 1960
NATIONALITY: German
EXERCISED PROFESSION: Manager History Management, adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany
Petra Auerbacher*
BORN: 1969
NATIONALITY: German
EXERCISED PROFESSION: Project Manager Creative Direction, adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany
Roswitha Hermann*
BORN: 1962
NATIONALITY: German
EXERCISED PROFESSION: Director Projects, adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany
Herbert Kauffmann
BORN: 1951
NATIONALITY: German
EXERCISED PROFESSION: Independent Management Consultant, Stuttgart, Germany
Christian Klein
BORN: 1980
NATIONALITY: German
EXERCISED PROFESSION: Chief Executive Officer (CEO), SAP SE, Walldorf, Germany
Kathrin Menges
BORN: 1964
NATIONALITY: German
EXERCISED PROFESSION: Self-employed Entrepreneur, Großenbrode, Germany
Roland Nosko*
BORN: 1958
NATIONALITY: German
EXERCISED PROFESSION: District Manager of the Industrial Union IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie, District of Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany
- Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, CeramTec GmbH, Plochingen, Germany
- Member of the Supervisory Board, Plastic Omnium Automotive Exteriors GmbH, Munich, Germany
Beate Rohrig*
BORN: 1965
NATIONALITY: German
EXERCISED PROFESSION: State District Manager of the Industrial Union IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie, State District Bavaria, Munich, Germany
Nassef Sawiris
BORN: 1961
NATIONALITY: Egyptian/Belgian
EXERCISED PROFESSION: Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors, OCI N.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Memberships in comparable domestic or foreign controlling bodies of commercial enterprises
- CEO of Avanti Acquisition Corp., New York, New York/USA
Memberships in other bodies
- Member of the International Leadership Board, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio/USA
- Member of the Board of Trustees, the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois/USA
- Member of the International Council, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., New York, New York/USA
- Executive Chairman, Aston Villa Football Club Limited, Birmingham, United Kingdom
Frank Scheiderer*
BORN: 1977
NATIONALITY: German
EXERCISED PROFESSION: Director Head Office – Finance Strategy and Programs, adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany
Michael Storl*
BORN: 1959
NATIONALITY: German
EXERCISED PROFESSION: Deputy Chairman of the Works Council Herzogenaurach, adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany
Bodo Uebber
BORN: 1959
NATIONALITY: German
EXERCISED PROFESSION: Independent Management Consultant, Munich, Germany
- Member of the Supervisory Board, Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA / Bertelsmann Management SE, Gütersloh, Germany
Memberships in other bodies
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Evercore GmbH, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- Non-Executive Director, Levere Holding Corp., Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands
- Member of the Steering Committee, Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Gütersloh, Germany
Jing Ulrich
BORN: 1967
NATIONALITY: American
EXERCISED PROFESSION: Vice Chairman of Global Banking and Asia Pacific, JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York, USA
Memberships in other bodies
- Member of the International Advisory Committee, Robert Bosch GmbH, Gerlingen-Schillerhöhe, Germany
- Member of the G20 CEO Advisory Group, International Chamber of Commerce, Paris, France
- Member of the Strategy Advisory Board, L Catterton, Singapore
- Member of the China Advisory Panel, CapitaLand Limited, Singapore
Guenter Weigl*
BORN: 1965
NATIONALITY: German
EXERCISED PROFESSION: Senior Vice President Global Sports Marketing & Brand Relations, adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany
*Employee representative
