CEOs and CHROs
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What is quite astonishing in terms of diversity, is that there is only one female CEO among the 80 CEOs in Germany’s top listed companies (DAX & MDAX). At least, we find now 8 women in DAX CHRO positions, a strong 27% compared to the 5% women ratio across the board. KornFerry found in a recent count, that most of the female board members are not responsible for HR but other operations, which gives hope for a female DAX CEO in a near future.
The CHROs for German MDAX companies is growing only on demand – feel free to add:
| MDAX 50 companies | CEO | CHRO |
| Aareal Bank | Hermann J. Merkens | Hermann J. Merkens |
| Airbus Group | Thomas Enders | Thierry Baril |
| Alstria office REIT | Olivier Elamine | Olivier Elamine |
| Aurubis | Bernd Drouven | Frank Schneider |
| Axel Springer | Mathias Döpfner | Julian Deutz |
| Bilfinger | Per H. Utnegaard | Michael Bernhardt |
| Brenntag | Steven Holland | |
| Covestro | Patrick Thomas | Frank H. Lutz |
| CTS Eventim | Klaus-Peter Schulenberg | Marc E. Owen |
| Deutsche EuroShop | Wilhelm Wellner | Olaf Borkers |
| Deutsche Wohnen | Michael Zahn | Michael Zahn |
| Deutsche-Pfandbriefbank | Andreas Arndt | Thomas Köntgen |
| DMG Mori Seiki | Rüdiger Kapitza | Rüdiger Kapitza |
| Dürr | Ralf W. Dieter | Ralf W. Dieter |
| Evonik Industries | Klaus Engel | Thomas Wessel |
| Fielmann | Günther Fielmann | Georg Alexander Zeiss |
| Fraport | Stefan Schulte | Michael Müller |
| Fuchs Petrolub | Stefan R. Fuchs | Stefan R. Fuchs |
| GEA Group | Jürg Oleas | Stephan Petri, July 1 ongoing: Jürg Oleas |
| Gerresheimer | Uwe Röhrhoff | |
| Hannover Rück | Ulrich Wallin | Ulrich Wallin |
| Hella | Rolf Breidenbach | Stefan Osterhage |
| Hochtief | Marcelino Fernández Verdes | Peter Sassenfeld |
| Hugo Boss | Mark Langer | Mark Langer |
| Jungheinrich | Hans-Georg Frey | |
| K+S | Norbert Steiner | Thomas Nöcker |
| Kion Group | Gordon Riske | |
| Krones | Volker Kronseder | Volker Kronseder |
| Lanxess | Matthias Zachert | Rainier van Roessel |
| LEG Immobilien | Thomas Hegel | |
| Leoni | Dieter Bellé | Dieter Bellé |
| Metro | Olaf Koch | Heiko Hutmacher |
| MTU Aero Engines | Reiner Winkler | Reiner Winkler |
| Norma Group | Werner Deggim | |
| OSRAM | Olaf Berlien | Babette Fröhlich |
| Rational | Peter Stadelmann | Peter Stadelmann |
| Rheinmetall | Armin Papperger | Armin Papperger |
| Rhön-Klinikum | Martin Siebert | |
| RTL Group | Anke Schäferkordt & Guillaume de Posch | |
| Salzgitter | Heinz Jörg Fuhrmann | Michael Kieckbusch |
| Schaeffler | Klaus Rosenfeld | Corinna Schittenhelm |
| STADA Arzneimittel | Hartmut Retzlaff | |
| Steinhoff | Markus Jooste | Daniël van der Merwe |
| Ströer | Udo Müller | |
| Symrise | Heinz-Jürgen Bertram | |
| Südzucker | Wolfgang Heer | Wolfgang Heer |
| TAG Immobilien | Claudia Hoyer | Harboe Vaagt |
| Talanx | Herbert K. Haas | Christian Hinsch |
| Wacker Chemie | Rudolf Staudigl | Rudolf Staudigl |
| Zalando SE | Rubin Ritter | Frauke von Polier |
More on family businesses worldwide is covered by University of St Gallen’s Center for Family Business, especially the Global Family Business Index.
| Top German Family businesses | Family Name | CEO | CHRO |
| Aldi Group | Albrecht | Marc Heußinger (Aldi Nord), Norbert Podschlapp (Aldi Süd) |
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| Boehringer Ingelheim | Boehringer | Andreas Barner | Andreas Neumann |
| Bosch | Bosch | Volkmar Denner | Christoph Kübel |
| Heraeus | Heraeus | Jan Rinnert | Sonja Fleischer-Atorf |
| Marquard & Bahls | Weiser | Christian Flach | Anke Schouten |
| Merckle Group | Merckle | Markus Leyck Dieken | |
| Oetker Group | Oetker | Richard Oetker | |
| Otto Group | Otto | Hans-Otto Schrader | Petra Scharner-Wolff |
| Rethmann Group | Rethmann | Klemens Rethmann | |
| Schwarz Group | Schwarz | Klaus Gehrig | Thomas Augst |
| Würth Group | Würth | Robert Friedmann |
Thanks to Mike Myatt and his top 10 list in Forbes magazine (2015).
| 10 Best CHROs from NYSE companies | CEO | CHRO |
| Accenture | Pierre Nanterme | Ellyn J. Shook |
| Amazon | Jeff Bezos | Tony Galbato |
| Bain | Bob Bechek | Russ Hagey |
| General Electric | Jeff Immelt | Susan Peters |
| Sundar Pichai | Laszlo Bock | |
| Humana | Bruce Broussard | Tim Huval |
| IBM | Ginni Rometty | Diane Gherson |
| Lincoln | Dennis Glass | Lisa Buckingham |
| Walmart | Doug McMillan | Susan Chambers, since 2016 with USA Truck |
| Yum! | Greg Creed | Anne Byerlein |