Dr. Johannes Bussmann
Chairman of the Board of Management, TÜV SÜD AG
Johannes Bussmann was born in 1969 in Osterwick, Germany. He has a diploma degree in aerospace engineering and a doctorate in engineering with a focus on combustion engineering, both from the University of Aachen.
Johannes Bussmann started his professional career in 1998 as a product engineer at ABB in Mannheim, Germany. In 1999, he joined Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg, Germany, working as a development engineer in Product Management and Development. He held several senior management positions at Lufthansa Technik based in Germany and Singapore before he became member of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Technik AG in September 2012. He initially headed the Executive Board department of Human Resources, Engine & VIP Services and was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Executive Board of Lufthansa Technik AG in April 2015.
Since January 2023, Johannes Bussmann has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Management at TÜV SÜD AG.
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.
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.
Wolfgang Dehen
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Former Chairman of the Board of Management of OSRAM Licht AG
Supervisory Board member
Marcel Rath*
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
First Deputy Chairman of the central works council
TÜV SÜD AG
Matthias Andreesen Viegas*
Deputy Chairman of the Committee of Executive Staff
TÜV SÜD AG
Dr. Christine Bortenlänger
Member of the Executive Board
Deutsches Aktieninstitut e.V.
Manuela Dietz*
Union secretary
ver.di union representative
Thomas Eder*
Third Deputy Chairman of the works council
Region Bayern Südost
TÜV SÜD Auto Service GmbH
Prof. Dr. Hermann Eul
Former member of the Board of Management of Infineon AG
Supervisory Board member
Dr. Jörg Matthias Großmann
Member of the Executive Board / CFO
Freudenberg Chemical Specialities GmbH
Jens Krause*
Chairman of the works council
Region Südost
TÜV SÜD Management Service GmbH
Member of the Executive Board / CEO
WAREMA Renkhoff SE
Dr. Nathalie von Siemens
Former member and spokeswoman of the Board of Management of Siemens Stiftung
Supervisory Board member
Prof. Dr. Rudolf Staudigl
Former Chairman of the Board of Management of Wacker Chemie AG
Supervisory Board member
Dr. Eberhard Veit
Managing partner
Robert Bosch Industrietreuhand KG
Katrin Volkmann*
Member of central works council of
TÜV SÜD Product Service GmbH
Dr. Katharina Wagner*
Union secretary
ver.di union representative
Rainer Wich*
Chairman of the central works council
TÜV SÜD Auto Service GmbH
* Employee representative
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)
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
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang A. Herrmann
President Emeritus Technical University of Munich
(Chairman)
Josef Bichler
Head of Corporate Controlling (ret.) of TÜV SÜD AG
(Deputy Chairman)
Dirk Eilers
Member of the Board of Management (ret.) of TÜV SÜD AG
Prof. Dr. Angelika Niebler
Member of the European Parliament
Prof. Dr. Thomas F. Hofmann
President Technical University of Munich
Horst Schneider
Member of the Board of Management (ret.) of TÜV SÜD AG
(Chairman)
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Stepken
Chairman of the Board of Management (ret.) of TÜV SÜD AG
(Member of the Board of the TÜV SÜD Foundation)
Dr. Fabian Schober
CEO
Jan de Leon
CFO
Jim Marsh
CEO
Global Risk Management
Jobina Gonsalves
Senior Vice President
Human Resources
Kapil Bansal
Senior Vice President
Product Service
Greg Bates
Director
Business Assurance
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