Thomas Schlenz, Duisburg
Chairman of the ThyssenKrupp AG Group Works Council
Organization: IG Metall (metalworkers’ trade union)
Personal data
Year of birth:
1957
Place of birth:
Duisburg
Apprenticeship
1971 - 1974
Apprenticeship as a fitter at Meidericher Schiffswerft GmbH, Duisburg
Career
1975 - 1979
Hamborner Baugesellschaft - Zielkowski & Sohn in Duisburg, fitter
1979 - 1993
Thyssen Sonnenberg GmbH in Duisburg, now ThyssenKrupp MillServices & Systems GmbH, fitter
from 1984 foreman
from 1988 manager of the construction machinery rental department
Since 1993
Chairman of the Works Council of Thyssen Sonnenberg GmbH and its successor companies, now ThyssenKrupp MillServices & Systems GmbH, released from normal duties
Membership of statutory supervisory boards in Germany
- Thyssen AG (1995 - 1999)
- ThyssenKrupp AG (since 1999)
- ThyssenKrupp Materials International GmbH
- ThyssenKrupp MillServices & Systems GmbH
- WISAG Produktionsservice GmbH
Membership of comparable control bodies
- PEAG Personalentwicklungs- und Arbeitsmarktagentur GmbH
Other committee work and functions
Since 1993
Chairman of the Works Council of ThyssenKrupp MillServices & Systems GmbH and its predecessor companies
Since 1999
Member of the ThyssenKrupp Materials Services Works Council Union
Since 2000
Member of the ThyssenKrupp AG European Works Council
Since 2001
Chairman of the ThyssenKrupp AG Group Works Council
Since 2005
Spokesman for the workers council in the diocese of Essen
Since 2007
Member of the Federal Executive Committee of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD)
Membership of contractually agreed integration advisory committees
(to support the integration process following the sale of a company):
Since 2009
Member of the integration advisory committee at WISAG Produktionsservice GmbH
Member of the integration advisory committee at SIAG Nordseewerke GmbH
