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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 |