Andreas Renschler, former member of the Management Board of both Daimler AG and Volkswagen AG, joins the Supervisory Board of GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft as a new member by appointment of Düsseldorf Local Court effective September 1, 2023. He will then stand for election by the shareholders at the upcoming Annual General Meeting next year. Born in Stuttgart, Germany, Andreas Renschler succeeds Jörg Kampmeyer, who stepped down from the Supervisory Board for personal reasons effective August 31, 2023.
For a considerable span until 2020, Andreas Renschler held board-level responsibility for the commercial vehicles division within the automotive groups Volkswagen AG and then Daimler AG. The 65-year-old industrial engineer and business graduate served on the supervisory boards of various companies and is currently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Hella GmbH & Co. KG a. A. In addition, he lectures in management accounting as an adjunct professor at the Technical University of Munich.
“In Andreas Renschler, we are welcoming an accomplished professional who will significantly enrich the knowledge and expertise of our Supervisory Board. We very much look forward to working together,” said Professor Dieter Kempf, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of GEA Group AG. “The Supervisory Board would like to thank Jörg Kampmeyer for his commitment and wishes him all the best for the future.”
Andreas Renschler will be succeeding Jörg Kampmeyer also on the Innovation and Product Sustainability Committee.
