Kirstin Zeidler

Kirstin Zeidler

  • Chairwoman of the Works Council of thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Dortmund location, and Vice Chairwoman of the General Works Council of thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG

  • Organization: IG Metall

(as of November 18, 2024)

Personal data

  • Year of birth: 1968

  • Place of birth: Dortmund, Germany

  • Nationality: German

Apprenticeship

  • 1988 – 1992 Apprenticeship as technical draftsperson specializing in mechanical engineering at Hoesch Stahl AG (now thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG)

Career

  • 1992 – 1994 Clerk of the Works Council Plant Union

  • 1994 – 1998 Clerk of the Works Council Plant Westfalenhütte

  • 1998 – 1999 Parental leave

  • 1999 – 2002 Assistant to the Management of the Works Council thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG

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

(as of November 18, 2024)

  • thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG

  • thyssenkrupp AG (since 2023; 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)

  • Vice Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of VKH-Vorsorgekasse Hoesch (death benefit insurance)

Other committee work and functions

  • 1990 – 1994 Member of the youth and apprentice representative committee

  • 1988 – 2002 Union steward IG Metall

  • since 2002 Member of the Works Council thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Dortmund; Executive Director since 2010; Vice Chairwoman from 2018 - 2019

  • since 2004 Member of the General Works Council of thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG

  • since 2018 Member of the thyssenkrupp AG Group Works Council

  • since 2021 Member of the European Works Council of thyssenkrupp AG

  • since January 2019 Chairwoman of the Works Council of thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG, Dortmund location

  • since 2022 Vice Chairwoman of the General Works Council of thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG

  • since 2018 Member of the Works Council Working Group thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG

  • since 1992 Member of the Local Executive Committee of the Central Ruhr Area Branch of IG Metall

  • since 2022 Member of the Executive Board of the ThyssenKrupp Steel Foundation

  • since 2021 Member of the supporting association Hüttenhelden e.V.

  • since 2018 Member of the Tariff Commission for the Iron and Steel Industry of IG Metall

  • since 2020 Member of the Negotiating Commission for the Iron and Steel Industry of IG Metall