Carl Zeiss Boards and Committees

Carl Zeiss Executive Board

Dr. Michael Kaschke

President and CEO

Member of the Executive Board responsible for:

  • Medical Technology
  • Microscopy
  • Vision Care
  • Strategic Corporate Development
  • Corporate Communications
  • Corporate Human Resources

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Dr. Hermann Gerlinger

 

Member of the Executive Board responsible for:

  • Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (CEO of Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH)
  • Industrial Metrology
  • Corporate Research and Technology
  • Corporate Security
  • Integrated Management Systems
  • Shared Production Center
  • Global Supply Chain

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Thomas Spitzenpfeil

CFO

Member of the Executive Board responsible for:

  • Camera Lenses
  • Sports Optics
  • Planetariums
  • Corporate Controlling
  • Corporate Information Technology
  • Auditing and Risk Management
  • Corporate Legal and Patents
  • Financial Services
  • Consolidation & Accounting Center
  • Business Services & Infrastructure

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Carl Zeiss Supervisory Board

Members of the Supervisory Board

The Supervisory Board of Carl Zeiss AG consists of 16 members, half of whom are representatives of the
sole shareholder — the Carl Zeiss Foundation (Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung) — and the other half of whom are representatives
of the workforce in accordance with the provisions of the German Codetermination Act.

Shareholder Representatives

Prof. Dr. Dieter Kurz | Lindau (Chairman)

Chairman of the Shareholder Council of the Carl Zeiss Foundation

Dr. Klaus Dieterich│Stuttgart

President Corporate Research and Development, Coordination Technology of Robert Bosch GmbH

Dr.-Ing. Mathias Kammüller│Gerlingen

Managing Partner, TRUMPF GmbH + Co. KG

Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mlynek | Berlin

President of the Helmholtz Association of National Research Centres

Dr. Lothar Steinebach | Leverkusen

Former Member of the Management Board of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Düsseldorf

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Günter Stock│Berlin

President of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science

Dr. Eberhard Veit | Göppingen

Chairman of the Management Board of Festo AG & Co. KG, Esslingen

Prof. Dr. Klaus-Dieter Vöhringer│Baden-Baden

Former Member of the Board of Managing Directors of DaimlerChrysler AG

Employee Representatives

Dr. Michael Claus│Aalen (Deputy Chairman)

First Deputy Chairman of the Group Employee Representative Council of Carl Zeiss AG

Hariolf Abele│Aalen

Software Developer for New Technologies of Carl Zeiss IMT GmbH

Hellmuth Aeugle│Königsbronn

Senior Vice President, Business Services & Infrastructure of Carl Zeiss AG

Prof. Dr. Martin Allespach│Weinheim

Secretary for Key Issues and Social Policy on the Board of the IG Metall union

Reinhard Dickehuth│Friedland

Deputy Chairman of the Employee Representative Council at the Göttingen site of Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH

Roland Hamm│Aalen

First Authorized Representative of the IG Metall union, Administration Office Aalen

Karl-Heinz Schuster│Königsbronn

Process engineer, staff scientist at Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH

Manfred Wicht | Königsbronn

Chairman of the Group Employee Representative Council of Carl Zeiss AG