Leadership

TÜV SÜD AG - Board of Management

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Stepken

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Stepken
Chairman of the Board of Management, TÜV SÜD AG

Axel Stepken was born in Essen, Germany. He graduated with a degree in Electrical Engineering from the RWTH Aachen and achieved his PhD in High Voltage Engineering in 1989.

Upon completion of his PhD, Axel Stepken worked at ABB where he held several Management positions in Germany and Indonesia within the Power Transmission and Distribution Segment. He joined TÜV SÜD AG as Member of the Board of Management responsible for the INDUSTRY and the former PEOPLE Strategic Business Segments as well as the Strategic Region ASIA. In June 2007, Axel Stepken was appointed the Chairman of the Board of Management.

Prof. Dr. Matthias J. Rapp
Member of the Board of Management, TÜV SÜD AG

Born in 1967 in Schramberg/Schwarzwald (Black Forest), Matthias J. Rapp studied Business Administration at WHU (Otto Beisheim School of Management) Koblenz, ESC Lyon and Manchester Business School. He completed his doctorate at WHU Koblenz from 1992 to 1995. In summer 2021 Matthias J. Rapp was appointed Honorary Professor by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU Munich).

Matthias J. Rapp started his professional career with the global management consulting firm Boston Consulting Group before moving to industry in 1997, where he has since held positions as Chief Financial Officer in several prestigious companies, most recently as CFO of Webasto SE. Matthias J. Rapp was appointed Member of the Board of Management of TÜV SÜD AG with effect from August 2013 and is responsible for Finance and Controlling.

Ishan Palit
Member of the Board of Management, TÜV SÜD AG

Ishan Palit was born in 1968 in Mumbai, India. He studied in the USA and the UK, and holds a Bachelors Degree from Davidson College, USA, a General Degree in Economics from the London School of Economics, UK and a Masters in Business Administration from Georgia Southern University, USA.

Ishan Palit started his career with the American multinational “Rotary Corporation”, a supplier to the Automotive and Small Engine industry. He joined the TÜV SÜD Group in 1994 and founded the TÜV SÜD operations in India. As COO and then the CEO, he was responsible for the successful development of TÜV SÜD Asia Pacific and was subsequently promoted to CEO of the Global Product Service Division. Ishan Palit was appointed as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the TÜV SÜD Group in May 2017, responsible for operations and sales across all Divisions and geographies.

TÜV SÜD AG - Supervisory Board

Dr.-Ing. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Klaus Draeger
Chairman
Former Member of the Board
of Management of BMW Group

Matthias Andreesen Viegas*
Chairman of the Committee of Executive Staff of
TÜV SÜD AG

Harald Gömpel*
Deputy Chairman
Chairman of the works council of
TÜV Technische Überwachung Hessen GmbH

Dr. Christine Bortenlänger
Member of the Executive Board of
Deutsches Aktieninstitut e.V.

Wolfgang Dehen
Former Chairman of the Board of
Management of OSRAM Licht AG

Thomas Eder*
First Deputy Chairman of the works
council Bayern Südost of TÜV SÜD Auto Service GmbH

Dr. Jörg Matthias Großmann
Member of the Board / CFO
of Freudenberg Chemical Specialities SE & Co. KG

Franz Holzhammer*
Union representative

Jens Krause*
Chairman of the works council of
TÜV SÜD Management Service GmbH

Marcel Rath*
Chairman of the group works council and
Chairman of the works council of TÜV SÜD AG

Angelique Renkhoff-Mücke
Member of the Executive Board / CEO
WAREMA Renkhoff SE

Dr. Nathalie von Siemens
Former Managing Director
and Spokesperson of the Board of Siemens Stiftung (since July 10, 2020)

Prof. Dr. Rudolf Staudigl
Chairman of the Board of Management
of Wacker Chemie AG

Dr. Eberhard Veit
Chief Executive Officer of 4.0-Veit GbR
Former CEO of Festo AG

Rainer Wich*
Chairman of the central works council
TÜV SÜD Auto Service GmbH

Kai Winkler*
Union representative

* Employee representative
TÜV SÜD e.V. - Board of Directors

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Aldo Belloni
Chairman
CEO (ret.) of
Linde AG

Counsel Bernhard Behm

Managing Director

TÜV SÜD e.V.

Reinhold Haas
Head Finance and Group-Accounting (ret.) of
TÜV SÜD AG

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Markus Lienkamp
Institute of Automotive Technology (Faculty of Mechanical Engineering)
Technische Universität München

Prof. Dr. Karen Pittel
Director of the ifo Center for Energy, Climate and Resources
Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung

Thomas Busch
Employee representative
(guest member)
TÜV SÜD - Shareholders' Committee GbR

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Aldo Belloni
CEO (ret.) of
Linde AG

Bertram Brossardt
Managing Director of
Bavarian Business Association

Dr. Karl Huber

President (ret.) of the
Bavarian Constitutional Court

Corinna Schittenhelm

Member of the Board of Management

Schaeffler AG

Horst Schneider
Member of the Board of Management (ret.)
TÜV SÜD AG
TÜV SÜD Stiftung (Foundation) - Board of Trustees and Board of Directors

Board of Trustees

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang A. Herrmann
President Emeritus Technische Universität München
Munich
(Chairman)

Josef Bichler
Head of Corporate Controlling (ret.) of TÜV SÜD AG

Dirk Eilers
Member of the Board of Management (ret.) of TÜV SÜD AG
(Deputy Chairman)

Prof. Dr. Angelika Niebler
Member of the European Parliament

Johann Schwaiger
Employee representative
(guest member)

Board of Directors

Dipl.-Ing. Horst Schneider
Member of the Board of Management (ret.) of TÜV SÜD AG
(Chairman)

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