KLAUS MANGOLD
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Knorr-Bremse AG; former CEO of the German Eastern Business Association; Vice Chairman of Rothschild & Co. Europe
Member of the Supervisory Board since 2018, appointed until 2021.
Prof. Dr. Mangold was born in 1943 in Germany. He studied law and economics at the universities of Munich, Geneva, Paris, London, Heidelberg and Mainz. After his studies Prof. Dr. Mangold held various positions in the German industry sector. From 1983 to 1990, he was chairman and member of the board of management of Rhodia AG, a subsidiary of the former Rhône-PoulencGroup. From 1991 to 1994, he was chairman of the Executive Board of Quelle AG. From 1995 to 2003, he was member of the Executive Board of DaimlerChrysler AG, and during the same period, he was also chairman of the Executive Board of DaimlerChrysler Services AG. In that capacity he was responsible for the business services segment and the Central and Eastern European markets of DaimlerChrysler AG.
From 2000 to 2010, Prof. Dr. Mangold was chairman of the German Committee on Eastern European Economic Relations. From 2003 to 2013, he was member of the Supervisory Board of Metro AG, Germany. From 2010 to 2016, he was chairman of the Supervisory Board of Alstom AG, Germany. From 2011 to 2017, he was member of the global advisory council of Ernst & Young, USA. From 2013 to 2016, he was member of the Supervisory Board of Swarco AG, Austria. Since 2003, Prof. Dr. Mangold has been chairman of Mangold Consulting GmbH, which he founded that same year.
Since 2004, he has been chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rothschild Russia and the CIS (Commonwealth of Independent States); since 2005, honorary consul of the Russian Federation for Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Since 2007, he is member of the Board of Directors of Alstom S.A., France; since 2008, chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rothschild GmbH, Germany; since 2009, member of the Supervisory Board of Continental AG, Germany.
Since 2010, Prof. Dr. Mangold is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of TUI AG, Germany; since 2013, member of the Board of Directors of Baiterek National Management Holding JSC, Kazakhstan and member of the Advisory Board of Lürssen Maritime Beteiligungen GmbH & Co. KG, Germany. Since 2017, he is Chairman of the Advisory Board of Cortec GmbH, Germany. Since 2018, Prof. Dr. Mangold is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Knorr-Bremse AG.