Dr. Gerhard Cromme
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Born 1943, studied law and economics at the universities of Münster, Lausanne, Paris and Harvard (PMD), gained doctorate.
Career:
From 1971 to 1986 Dr. Cromme worked for the Compagnie de Saint‑Gobain group, ultimately as Deputy Delegate General for the Federal Republic of Germany. At the same time he was also Chairman of the Board of Management of VEGLA/Vereinigte Glaswerke GmbH in Aachen.
In 1986 he joined the Krupp Group, where he was Executive Board Chairman of the Group holding company from 1989. In 1999 Krupp and Thyssen merged to form ThyssenKrupp. Dr. Cromme was Executive Board chairman of the company until 2001. In October 2001 he became Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ThyssenKrupp AG.
Since April 2007 Dr. Cromme has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Siemens AG. He is also a member of the supervisory boards of Allianz SE, Axel Springer AG and Compagnie de Saint-Gobain.
In addition, he is a member of the European Round Table of Industrialists, which he chaired from 2001-2005. From 2003-2007 Dr. Cromme was Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the European School of Management and Technology (ESMT) in Berlin. From 2001 to June 2008 he was Chairman of the Government Commission on the German Corporate Governance Code.