DaimlerChrysler Supervisory Board Constituted
16 December 1998
DaimlerChrysler Supervisory Board Constituted
STUTTGART, Germany, Dec. 16 -- The DaimlerChrysler
Supervisory Board came together today for its constituent meeting
in Stuttgart. According to German Co-determination Law, the Supervisory Board
consists of ten shareholder and ten employee representatives. The Supervisory
Board elected Hilmar Kopper as Chairman, and appointed the DaimlerChrysler
Management Board. The ten employee representatives were appointed on
December 15 by the Stuttgart Register Court.
In its first meeting, the Supervisory Board elected Karl Feuerstein,
Chairman of the Corporate Labor Council, DaimlerChrysler in Germany, as Vice
Chairman. The Board also established the Presidential Committee, which is
responsible for deciding the service contracts and other contractual matters
in relation to the Board of Management, and statutory approvals pursuant to
the German Stock Corporation Act. The Presidential Committee consists of
Hilmar Kopper, Karl Feuerstein, Dr. Manfred Schneider, and Bernhard Wurl.
The members of the new DaimlerChrysler Supervisory Board
(Employee representatives are marked *)
Hilmar Kopper, Chairman Frankfurt, Germany Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of
Deutsche Bank AG
Karl Feuerstein*, Mannheim, Germany Chairman of the
Vice Chairman Corporate Works
Council,
DaimlerChrysler in
Germany
Robert E. Allen Berkeley Heights, NJ, Retired Chairman of
U.S.A. the Board and CEO of
AT&T
Willi Bohm* Kandel, Germany Member of the Works
Council of the Worth
plant, DaimlerChrysler
Sir John Browne London, UK Group Chief Executive
of British Petroleum
Company p.l.c.
Manfred Gobels* Stuttgart, Germany Chairman of the
Managements
Representatives'
Committee,
DaimlerChrysler in
Germany
Erich Klemm* Sindelfingen, Germany Chairman of the Works
Council of the
Sindelfingen Plant,
DaimlerChrysler
Rudolf Kuda* Frankfurt, Germany Head of department to
the President of IG
Metall (German
Metalworkers' Union)
Robert J. Lanigan Toledo, OH, U.S.A. Chairman Emeritus of
Owens-Illinois, Inc.
Helmut Lense* Stuttgart, Germany Chairman of the Works
Council of the
Unterturkheim Plant,
DaimlerChrysler
Peter A. Magowan San Francisco, CA, Retired Chairman of
U.S.A. the Board of Safeway
Inc., President and
Managing General
Partner of San
Francisco Giants
Herbert Schiller* Eschborn, Germany Chairman of the
Corporate Works
Council,
DaimlerChrysler
Services (debis)
Dr. Manfred Schneider Leverkusen, Germany Chairman of the Board
of Management of Bayer
AG
Peter Schonfelder* Gersthofen, Germany Member of the Works
Council,
DaimlerChrysler
Aerospace (Dasa)
G. Richard Thoman Stanford, CT, U.S.A. President and Chief
Operating Officer of
Xerox Corporation
Bernhard Walter Frankfurt, Germany Spokesman of the Group
Board of Dresdner Bank
AG
Lynton R. Wilson Toronto, Canada Chairman of BCE Inc.
Dr. Mark Wossner Gutersloh, Germany Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of
Bertelsmann AG
Bernhard Wurl* Frankfurt, Germany Head of department to
the President of IG
Metall (German
Metalworkers' Union)
Stephen P. Yokich* Detroit, MI, U.S.A. President of UAW,
International Union
United Automobile,
Aerospace and
Agricultural Implement
Workers of America
In its first meeting, the Supervisory Board appointed the members of the
DaimlerChrysler Management Board:
Robert J. Eaton Chairman
Jurgen E. Schrempp Chairman
Manfred Bischoff Aerospace & Industrial Non-Automotive
Eckhard Cordes Corporate Development & Management (incl.
responsibility for MTU Friedrichshafen and
Temic)
Theodor R. Cunningham Sales and Marketing Latin America (all
automotive brands) and Chrysler Truck
Operations
Thomas C. Gale Product Strategy, Design and Passenger Car
Operations Chrysler, Dodge, Plymouth, and
Jeep(R)
Manfred Gentz Corporate Finance and Controlling, CFO
James P. Holden Brand Management Chrysler, Dodge,
Plymouth, and Jeep & Sales and Marketing
North America (all automotive brands) &
Minivan Operations
Jurgen Hubbert Passenger Cars Mercedes-Benz & smart
Kurt J. Lauk Commercial Vehicles
Klaus Mangold Services -- debis
TBD Manufacturing & Labor Relations Chrysler,
Dodge, Plymouth, and Jeep
Thomas W. Sidlik Procurement & Supply for the Chrysler,
Dodge, Plymouth, and Jeep brands & Jeep
Operations
Thomas T. Stallkamp Passenger Cars & Trucks Chrysler,
Plymouth, Dodge, and Jeep
Heiner Tropitzsch Human Resources & Labor Relations Director
Gary C. Valade Global Procurement and Supply
Klaus-DieterVohringer Research & Technology
Dieter Zetsche Brand Management Mercedes-Benz and
smart & Sales and Marketing Europe, Asia,
Africa, Australia/Pacific (all automotive
brands)