Governance Bodies

Board of Management

The Board of Management of Covestro AG as of December 31, 2018


Name		Position		Areas of responsibility		Memberships on other supervisory boards
Dr. Markus Steilemann		Chief Executive Officer Chief Commercial Officer		Polyurethanes Polycarbonates Coatings, Adhesives, Specialties Communications Corporate Audit Human Resources Innovation Management & Commercial & Services Strategy Supply Chain Center EMLA Supply Chain Center NAFTA Supply Chain Center APAC Sustainability
Dr. Klaus Schäfer		Chief Technology Officer Labor Director (until December 2018)		Global Project Engineering Health, Safety, Environment & Quality Production & Technology Procurement Site Management NRW Site Management Baytown Site Management Shanghai
Dr. Thomas Toepfer		Chief Financial Officer Labor Director (since January 2019)		Accounting Controlling Finance Information Technology Investor Relations Law, Intellectual Property & Compliance Portfolio Development Taxes

Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board comprises the following member:


Name Function		Membership on the Supervisory Board		Position		Memberships on other supervisory boards and memberships in comparable supervising bodies of German or foreign corporations
Dr. Richard Pott (Chair)		Member of the Supervisory Board since August 2015		Former Member of the Board of Management and Labor Director of Bayer AG		Chair of the Supervisory Board of Covestro Deutschland AG Member of the Supervisory Board of Freudenberg SE Member of the Supervisory Board of SCHOTT AG
Petra Kronen (Vice Chair)		Member of the Supervisory Board since October 2015		Chair of the Works Council of Covestro at the Uerdingen site Chair of the General Works Council of Covestro Vice Chair of Covestro-European Forum Employee of Covestro Deutschland AG		Vice Chair of the Supervisory Board of Covestro Deutschland AG Member of the Supervisory Board of Bayer Beistandskasse VVaG
Ferdinando Falco Beccalli		Member of the Supervisory Board since October 2015		Chair of the Board of Falco Enterprises AG Chair of the Board of Falco Holding SA		Member of the Supervisory Board of Covestro Deutschland AG
Dr. Christine Bortenlänger		Member of the Supervisory Board since October 2015		Executive Member of the Board of Deutsches Aktieninstitut e.V.		Member of the Supervisory Board of Covestro Deutschland AG Member of the Supervisory Board of MTU Aero Engines AG (since April 2018) Member of the Supervisory Board of OSRAM GmbH Member of the Supervisory Board of OSRAM Licht AG Member of the Supervisory Board of SGL Carbon SE (until June 2018) Member of the Supervisory Board of TÜV SÜD AG
Johannes Dietsch		Member of the Supervisory Board since August 2015		Member of the Board of Management of Bayer AG (until May 2018) Member of the Board of Management of thyssenkrupp AG (since February 2019)		Member of the Supervisory Board of Covestro Deutschland AG Chair of the Supervisory Board of Bayer Business Services GmbH (until May 2018)
Peter Hausmann		Member of the Supervisory Board since October 2015		Secretary of the German Mining, Chemical and Energy Industrial Union (IG BCE)		Member of the Supervisory Board of Covestro Deutschland AG Member of the Supervisory Board of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (until April 2018) Member of the Supervisory Board of Continental AG (until October 2018) Vice Chair of the Supervisory Board of 50Hertz Transmission GmbH Vice Chair of the Supervisory Board of Vivawest GmbH (until April 2018) Vice Chair of the Supervisory Board of Vivawest Wohnen GmbH (until April 2018)
Irena Küstner		Member of the Supervisory Board since October 2015		Chair of the Works Council of Covestro at the Leverkusen site Chair of the Group Works Council of Covestro Vice Chair of the General Works Council of Covestro Employee of Covestro Deutschland AG		Member of the Supervisory Board of Covestro Deutschland AG
Dr. Ulrich Liman		Member of the Supervisory Board since January 2018		Chair of the Managerial Employees’ Committee of Covestro Deutschland AG Manager of Covestro Deutschland AG		Member of the Supervisory Board of Covestro Deutschland AG
Prof. Dr. Rolf Nonnenmacher		Member of the Supervisory Board since August 2015		Certified Accountant		Member of the Supervisory Board of Covestro Deutschland AG Member of the Supervisory Board of Continental AG Member of the Supervisory Board of ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE
Regine Stachelhaus		Member of the Supervisory Board since October 2015		Former Member of the Board of Management and Labor Director of E.ON SE		Member of the Supervisory Board of Covestro Deutschland AG Member of the Supervisory Board of CECONOMY AG Member of the Supervisory Board of SPIE Deutschland und Zentraleuropa GmbH Director of SPIE SA, France Nonexecutive director of ComputaCenter plc, United Kingdom
Marc Stothfang		Member of the Supervisory Board since February 2017		Chair of the Works Council of Covestro at the Brunsbüttel site Chair of Covestro-European Forum Employee of Covestro Deutschland AG
Frank Werth		Member of the Supervisory Board since September 2016		District Manager of the German Mining, Chemical and Energy Industrial Union (IG BCE) – district Leverkusen		Member of the Supervisory Board of Covestro Deutschland AG

Members of Committees

The committees of the Supervisory Board of Covestro AG as of December 31, 2018


Presidial Committee		Nominations Committee		Audit Committee		Human Resources Committee
Dr. Richard Pott (Chair)		Dr. Richard Pott (Chair)		Prof. Dr. Rolf Nonnenmacher (Chair)		Dr. Richard Pott (Chair)
Peter Hausmann		Ferdinando Falco Beccalli		Johannes Dietsch		Johannes Dietsch
Petra Kronen		Regine Stachelhaus		Peter Hausmann		Petra Kronen
Regine Stachelhaus				Petra Kronen		Dr. Ulrich Liman
				Irena Küstner
				Dr. Richard Pott

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