Führungsgremien

The boards

The Supervisory Board, the Advisory Board and the Central Management Board are the highest executive and supervisory bodies of the Würth Group. The key tasks of these bodies include the successful management and further development of the family business.

Supervisory Board

The Würth Group is a family-owned business. As early as 1987, the company assets were transferred to various family trusts. Prof. Dr. h. c. mult. Reinhold Würth is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Würth Group’s Family Trusts.

Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Reinhold Würth, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Würth Group
Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Reinhold Würth

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Würth Group

 


Advisory Board

The Advisory Board is the chief supervisory and controlling body of the Würth Group. It advises on strategy and approves corporate planning as well as the use of funds. It appoints the members of the Central Managing Board, the Executive Vice Presidents, and the managing directors of the companies that generate the most sales. The Advisory Board consists of nine members. Bettina Würth is the Chairwoman of the Advisory Board of the Würth Group.

Bettina Würth, Chairwoman of the Advisory Board of the Würth Group
Bettina Würth

Chairwoman of the Advisory Board of the Würth Group

 

Members of the Advisory Board

Dr. Frank Heinricht

Deputy Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Würth Group; Chairman of the Management Board of Schott AG, Mainz

Peter Edelmann

Managing Director of Edelmann & Company, Ulm

Dr. Ralph Heck

Director emeritus at McKinsey & Company, Düsseldorf; Chairman of the Bertelsmann Stiftung Executive Board, Gütersloh

Wolfgang Kirsch

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA, Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe; Chairman of the Supervisory Board of B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG; former Chief Executive Officer of DZ BANK AG, Frankfurt / Main

Hans-Otto Schrader

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Otto AG für Beteiligungen, Hamburg

Markus Sontheimer

Chief Information and Digital Officer, Member Executive Group Management at ISS A/S, Søborg, Denmark

Dr. Martin H. Sorg

Certified Public Accountant and Partner of Binz & Partner Rechtsanwälte Steuerberater Wirtschaftsprüfer mbB, Stuttgart

Sebastian Würth

Member of the Advisory Board of the Würth Group

Honorary Chairman of the Advisory Board

Prof. Dr. h.c. mult. Reinhold Würth

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Würth Group

Honorary Members of the Advisory Board

Rolf Bauer

former Member of the Central Managing Board of the Würth Group

Dr. Bernd Thiemann †

former Chairman of the Management Board of Deutsche Genossenschaftsbank AG, Frankfurt am Main

Central Management Board

The Central Management Board is the most senior decision-making board of the Würth Group. It has five members and is comparable to the management board of a group holdings. Its most important duties include corporate strategy planning, the selection of executives as well as the management of strategic business units and functions.

Robert Friedmann, Chairman of the Central Management Board of the Würth Group
Robert Friedmann

Chairman of the Central Management Board of the Würth Group

 

Dr. Jan Allmann, Member of the Central Management Board of the Würth Group
Dr. Jan Allmann

Member of the Central Management Board of the Würth Group

Rainer Bürkert, Member of the Central Management Board of the Würth Group
Rainer Bürkert

Member of the Central Management Board of the Würth Group

Bernd Herrmann, Member of the Central Management Board of the Würth Group
Bernd Herrmann

Member of the Central Management Board of the Würth Group

Ralf Schaich, Member of the Central Management Board of the Würth Group
Ralf Schaich

Member of the Central Management Board of the Würth Group

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