CEOs and CHROs
While working on another project, we needed a list of current CEOs and CHROs in Germany, mainly focussing on companies listed in DAX and MDAX. From time to time, we are now updating the following list.
(Update May 2015: the list is now updated here.)
Feel free to make use of it. Comments and updates are very much appreciated!
More interested in the work of CHROs? Have a look at The Chief HR Officer:
Thanks to Mike Myatt and his top 10 CHROs listed in Forbes magazine (marked *)
| NYSE companies | CEO | CHRO (Top 10: * |
| Accenture | Pierre Nanterme | Allyn Shook * |
| Amazon | Jeff Bezos | Tony Galbato * |
| Bain | Bob Bechek | Russ Hagey * |
| General Electric | Jeff Immelt | Susan Peters * |
| Larry Page | Laszlo Bock * | |
| Humana | Bruce Broussard | Tim Huval * |
| IBM | Ginni Rometty | Diane Gherson * |
| Lincoln | Dennis Glass | Lisa Buckingham * |
| Walmart | Doug McMillan | Susan Chambers * |
| Yum! | Greg Creed | Anne Byerlein * |
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 7 women in DAX CHRO positions, a strong 23% compared to the 5% women ratio across the board.
The CHROs for German MDAX companies is growing only on demand – feel free to add:
| MDAX 50 companies | CEO | CHRO |
| Aareal Bank | Wolf Schumacher | Wolf Schumacher |
| Airbus Group | Thomas Enders | Thierry Baril |
| Aurubis | Bernd Drouven | Frank Schneider |
| Axel Springer | Mathias Döpfner | Julian Deutz |
| Bertrandt | Dietmar Bichler | Dietmar Bichler |
| Bilfinger | Herbert Bodner | Jochen Keysberg |
| Brenntag | Steven Holland | |
| Celesio | Mark E. Owen | Marc E. Owen |
| Deutsche Annington | Rolf Buch | |
| Deutsche EuroShop | Claus-Matthias Böge | Olaf Borkers |
| Deutsche Wohnen | Michael Zahn | Michael Zahn |
| DMG Mori Seiki | Rüdiger Kapitza | Rüdiger Kapitza |
| Dürr | Ralf W. Dieter | Ralf W. Dieter |
| ElringKlinger | Stefan Wolf | Stefan Wolf |
| 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 |
| Gerresheimer | Uwe Röhrhoff | |
| Gerry Weber | David Frink | |
| Hannover Rück | Ulrich Wallin | Ulrich Wallin |
| Hochtief | Marcelino Fernández Verdes | Peter Sassenfeld |
| Hugo Boss | Claus-Dietrich Lahrs | Mark Langer |
| Jungheinrich | Hans-Georg Frey | |
| Kabel Deutschland | Manuel Cubero | |
| Kion Group | Gordon Riske | |
| Klöckner & Co | Gisbert Rühl | Angelika Kambeck |
| Krones | Volker Kronseder | Volker Kronseder |
| KUKA | Till Reuter | |
| LEG Immobilien | Thomas Hegel | |
| Leoni | Klaus Probst | Dieter Bellé |
| MAN | Georg Pachta-Reyhofen | Jochen Schumm |
| Metro | Olaf Koch | Heiko Hutmacher |
| MTU Aero Engines | Reiner Winkler | Reiner Winkler |
| Norma Group | Werner Deggim | |
| OSRAM | Olaf Berlien | Corinna Schittenhelm |
| ProSiebenSat.1 Media | Thomas Ebeling | |
| Rheinmetall | Armin Papperger | Armin Papperger |
| Rhön-Klinikum | Martin Siebert | |
| RTL Group | Anke Schäferkordt & Guillaume de Posch | |
| Salzgitter | Heinz Fuhrmann | Michael Kieckbusch |
| STADA Arzneimittel | Hartmut Retzlaff | |
| Symrise | Heinz-Jürgen Bertram | |
| Südzucker | Wolfgang Heer | Wolfgang Heer |
| TAG Immobilien | Rolf Elgeti | |
| Talanx | Herbert K. Haas | Christian Hinsch |
| TUI | Friedrich Joussen | Horst Baier |
| Wacker Chemie | Rudolf Staudigl | Rudolf Staudigl |
| Wincor Nixdorf | Eckhard Heidloff |
| Top 10 non-listed 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 | |
| Bosch | Bosch | Volkmar Denner | Christoph Kübel |
| Heraeus | Heraeus | Jan Rinnert | Sonja Fleischer-Atorf |
| Marquard & Bahls | Weiser | Christian Flach | Anke Schouten |
| Merckle | Merckle | Markus Leyck Dieken | |
| Oetker Group | Oetker | Richard Oetker | |
| Otto Group | Otto | Hans-Otto Schrader | |
| Schwarz Group | Schwarz | Klaus Gehrig | Thomas Augst |
| Tengelmann | Haub | Karl-Erivan Haub |
