Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board of adidas AG - in accordance with the German Co-Determination Act (Mitbestimmungsgesetz) - is composed of sixteen members.
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 authorization of important operative planning and corporate decisions.
By rotation, the next Supervisory Board elections will be held in 2024. In accordance with the German Co-Determination Act (Mitbestimmungsgesetz - MitBestG) eight of its members are elected by the Annual General Meeting and eight members are elected by the employees.
For further information on the Supervisory Board members, please see below.
BORN // 1944
NATIONALITY // French
EXERCISED PROFESSION // Pensioner
BORN // 1960
NATIONALITY // German
EXERCISED PROFESSION // Chairman Works Council Herzogenaurach, adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany
BORN // 1965
NATIONALITY // German
EXERCISED PROFESSION // Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Bertelsmann Management SE, Gütersloh, Germany
Mandates
- Member of the Supervisory Board, Symrise AG, Holzminden, 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, ACR – Advanced Customer Relation S.à r.l., Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Chairman of the Board of Directors, Penguin Random House LLC, New York, USA
BORN // 1969
NATIONALITY // German
EXERCISED PROFESSION // Project Manager Creative Direction, adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany
BORN // 1971
NATIONALITY // French
EXERCISED PROFESSION // Chief Executive Officer, Groupe Bruxelles Lambert, Brussels, Belgium
Mandates
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 Advisors Ltd, London, United Kingdom
- Member of the Board of Directors, GBL Development Ltd, London, United Kingdom
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
BORN // 1962
NATIONALITY // German
EXERCISED PROFESSION // Deputy Chairwoman of the Works Council Herzogenaurach, adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany
BORN // 1951
NATIONALITY // German
EXERCISED PROFESSION // Independent Management Consultant, Stuttgart, Germany
BORN // 1964
NATIONALITY // German
EXERCISED PROFESSION // Self-employed Entrepreneur, Neuss, Germany
BORN // 1958
NATIONALITY // German
EXERCISED PROFESSION // District Manager of the Industrial Union IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie, District of Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany
Mandates
- Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board, CeramTec GmbH, Plochingen, Germany
- Member of the Supervisory Board, Plastic Omnium Automotive Exteriors GmbH, Munich, Germany
BORN // 1965
NATIONALITY // German
EXERCISED PROFESSION // State District Manager of the Industrial Union IG Bergbau, Chemie, Energie, State District Bavaria, Munich, Germany
Mandates
- Member of the Supervisory Board, Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH, Essen, Germany
- Member of the Supervisory Board, Heraeus Holding GmbH, Hanau, Germany
BORN // 1961
NATIONALITY // Egyptian/Belgian
EXERCISED PROFESSION // Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Directors, OCI N.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Mandates
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
BORN // 1977
NATIONALITY // German
EXERCISED PROFESSION // Director Head Office – Group Functions Finance, adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany
BORN // 1959
NATIONALITY // German
EXERCISED PROFESSION // Full-time member of the Works Council Herzogenaurach, adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany
BORN // 1959
NATIONALITY // German
EXERCISED PROFESSION // Independent Management Consultant, Munich, Germany
Mandates
- Member of the Supervisory Board, Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA / Bertelsmann Management SE, Gütersloh, Germany
Memberships in other bodies
- Member of the Steering Committee, Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH, Gütersloh, Germany
- Member of the Advisory Board Bavaria, Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- Member of the Advisory Board, Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany
- Chairman, Berlin Center of Corporate Governance (BCCG), Technische Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Member of the Board of Trustees, Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
BORN // 1967
NATIONALITY // American
EXERCISED PROFESSION // Vice Chairman of Global Banking and Asia Pacific, JPMorgan Chase & Co., New York, USA
Mandates
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
BORN // 1965
NATIONALITY // German
EXERCISED PROFESSION // Senior Vice President Global Sports Marketing & Brand Relations, adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany
*Employee representative