Bertin Eichler, Frankfurt/Main
Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ThyssenKrupp AG
Member of the Executive Committee of IG Metall (metalworkers’ trade union)
Personal data
Year of birth:
1952
Place of birth:
Neukirchen
Apprenticeship
1968 – 1971
Apprenticeship as an industrial clerk at Maxhütte in Sulzbach-Rosenberg
Further training as a business administration assistant
Career
1971 - 1976
Maxhütte in Sulzbach-Rosenberg (purchasing of rolls and raw materials), member of the Works Council
1976 - 1996
IG Metall Amberg administrative office, full-time trade union secretary
1984 - 1992: Second delegate
1992 - 1996: First delegate and treasurer
Since 1996
IG Metall, member of the Executive Committee and Chief Treasurer
FEHO Vermögensverwaltungs-Gesellschaft mbH, Managing Director
Membership of statutory supervisory boards in Germany
- BMW AG
- Siemens AG (1996 - 2004)
- ThyssenKrupp AG (since 2004)
Membership of comparable control bodies
- Treuhandverwaltung IGEMET GmbH, Frankfurt, Chairman of the Supervisory Board
- BGAG Beteiligungsgesellschaft der Gewerkschaften GmbH, Frankfurt, Chairman of the Advisory Board
- Volksfürsorge AG, Hamburg, member of the Advisory Board
Other committee work and functions
- Otto Brenner Foundation, Frankfurt, Vice Chairman of the Administrative Board
- BGAG Walter Hesselbach Foundation, Frankfurt, Chairman of the Board of Trustees
- Federation of German Trade Unions, Berlin, Auditor
