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Dr. Wolfgang ColbergMember of the Supervisory Board

Dr. Wolfgang Colbert - Member of the Supervisory Board thyssenkrupp AG

Dr. Wolfgang Colberg was born in Kiel in 1959.

His nationality is German.

Education

  • 1980 – 1985:
    Degree in business administration and business information systems at Kiel University

  • 1988:
    PhD at Kiel University

Career

  • 1986 – 2000:
    Various senior management positions with the Bosch Group in Germany and abroad

  • 2001 – 2009:
    Member of the Board / Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Labor Director of BSH Bosch und Siemens Hausgeräte GmbH

  • 2009 – 2013:
    Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Evonik Industries AG, one of the world's leading specialty chemicals companies; responsible for the IPO of Evonik Industries AG

  • 2013 – 2018:
    Industrial Partner, CVC Capital Partners

  • 2015/2016 – today:
    CEO/Chairman of CVC investment company ChemicaInvest Holding BV, Netherlands

  • 2018 – 2019:
    Senior Advisor, CVC Advisers (Deutschland) GmbH

  • Since 01.01.2020:
    Multi-supervisory board member and consultant

  • Since 01.01.2020:
    Industrial Partner at Deutsche Invest Capital Partners (since 2024: CAPMONT)

Membership of supervisory boards within the meaning of § 125 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG)

(as of January 31, 2026)

  • thyssenkrupp AG (since 2020, appointed until 2029) *)

*) Company listed on the stock exchange

Membership of comparable German and non-German control bodies of business enterprises within the meaning of § 125 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG)

(as of October 1, 2025)

  • AMSilk GmbH (Chairman of the Advisory Board)

  • Burelle S.A., France (Independent Director)*)

  • Solvay S.A., Belgium (Independent Director)*)

*) Company listed on the stock exchange

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