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The supervisory board of AWD Holding AG:

Tasks and responsibilities

The management of AWD Holding AG as a German joint-stock company is characterised by the dual management and control structure defined by the German Stock Corporation Act. The supervisory board appoints, supervises and advises the board of directors and is directly involved in decisions which are of fundamental importance to the company. In order that functions are always carried out in the proper manner, the supervisory board and the board of directors work in close cooperation with due regard to their different functions. The work of the supervisory board is regulated by a company directive. The supervisory board is authorised to form committees among its members in order that its tasks are performed effectively. The supervisory board report provides information on the basic functions of the supervisory board and the cooperation between the supervisory board and the board of directors. The members of the supervisory board are elected at the shareholder's meeting as representatives of the shareholders.

Composition

The AWD Holding AG supervisory board is comprised of the following members:.

Bruno Pfister (Chairman of the supervisory board)

Chairman of the supervisory board
Born: 1959
Resides: Wollerau, Switzerland
Profession: Group Chief Executive Officer
(Group CEO), Swiss Life Group, Zurich
First appointed: 2008
Appointed until: 2013



Memberships in comparable foreign and domestic supervisory bodies in financial companies:
  • Swiss Life International Holding AG, Zurich (Vice President and Delegate of the board of directors)
  • Schweizerischer Versicherungsverband (SVV), Zurich (Vice President)
  • Gottex Fund Management Holdings Limited, St. Peter Port, Guernsey (Member of the board of directors)
  • Swiss Life Investment Management Holding AG, Zurich (Member of the board of directors)
  • Swiss-American Chamber of Commerce, Zurich (Member of the board of directors)
  • Avenir Suisse, Zurich (Member of finance committee and Member of the foundation board)

Hans-Peter Conrad (Vice Chairman of the supervisory board)

Vice Chairman of the supervisory board, Chairman of the risk and auditing committee
Born: 1954
Resides: Freienbach, Switzerland
Profession: General Counsel and Secretary of the board of directors, Swiss Life Holding AG and Swiss Life AG, Zurich
First appointed: 2011
Appointed until: 2013


Memberships in comparable foreign and domestic supervisory bodies in financial companies:
  • Anlagestiftung Swiss Life, Zurich (Chairman of the foundation board)
  • VPS Verlag Personalvorsorge und Sozialversicherung AG, Lucerne (Vice Chairman of the board of directors)
  • Swiss Life Pension Services AG, Zurich (Member of the board of directors)
  • Kinderspital Zürich – Eleonorenstiftung, Zurich (Member of the foundation board and Chairman of the auditing committee)
  • SIX Swiss Exchange AG, Zurich, SIX Exchange Regulation (Member of the regulatory board of the SIX Group)

Thomas Buess (Member of the supervisory board)

Member of the supervisory board, Member of the risk and auditing committee
Born: 1957
Resides: Jona SG, Switzerland
Profession: Group Chief Financial Officer, Swiss Life Holding AG, Zurich
First appointed: 2010
Appointed until: 2013


Memberships in comparable foreign and domestic supervisory bodies in financial companies:
  • Schweizerischer Versicherungsverband (SVV), Zurich (Member of the finance and economics committee)

Professor Dr. Utz Claassen (Member of the supervisory board)

Member of the supervisory board
Born: 1963
Resides: Hanover, Germany
Profession: Management consultant
First appointed: 2008
Appointed until: 2013




Memberships in statutory supervisory boards of domestic companies:
  • Syntellix AG, Hanover (Chairman of the supervisory board
Memberships in comparable foreign and domestic supervisory bodies in financial companies:
  • Otto Bock GmbH & Co. KG, Duderstadt (Vice-Chairman of the advisory board)
  • R.C.D. Mallorca, S.A.D., Palma de Mallorca (Member of the Consejo de Administración)

Dr. Michael Frenzel (Member of the supervisory board)

Member of the supervisory board
Born: 1947
Resides: Hanover, Deutschland
Profession: Chairman of the board of directors, TUI AG, Berlin/Hanover
First appointed: 2005 - 2008
Second appointment: 2088 - 2011
Re-appointed until: 2014



Memberships in statutory supervisory boards of domestic companies:
  • Hapag-Lloyd AG, Hamburg (Chairman of the supervisory board)
  • TUI Deutschland GmbH, Hanover (Chairman of the supervisory board)
  • TUIfly GmbH, Hanover (Chairman of the supervisory board)
  • AXA Konzern AG, Cologne (Member of the supervisory board)
  • Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg (Member of the supervisory board)

Memberships in comparable foreign and domestic supervisory bodies in financial companies:
  • TUI Cruises GmbH, Hamburg (Chairman of the 'shareholders' committee)
  • TUI Travel plc., London (Non-executive chairman)
  • TUI China Travel Co. Ltd., Beijing (Member of the board of directors)

Dr. Hans Vieregge (Member of the supervisory board)

Member of the supervisory board, Member of the risk and auditing committee
Born: 1941
Resides: Hanover, Germany
Profession: Member of the board of directors at NORD/LB Norddeutsche Landesbank, Hanover (until 31.12.2006)
First appointed: 1999 - 2003
Second appointment: 2003 - 2008
Third appointment: 2088 - 2011
Re-appointed until: 2014



Memberships in statutory supervisory boards of domestic companies:
  • Beteiligungsgesellschaft Emsland-Stärke AG, Emlichheim (Chairman of the supervisory board)
  • Emsland Stärke GmbH, Emlichheim (Chairman of the supervisory board)
  • GEBAB Konzeptions- und Emissionsgesellschaft mbH, Meerbusch (Chairman of the supervisory board)
  • IFA Hotel und Touristik AG, Duisburg (Vice Chairman of the supervisory board)
  • Blohm + Voss Shipyards GmbH, Hamburg (Member of the supervisory board)
  • Deutsche Schiffahrts-Treuhand Aktiengesellschaft, Flensburg (Member of the supervisory board)

Memberships in comparable foreign and domestic supervisory bodies in financial companies:
  • Schoeller Holdings Limited, Cyprus (Chairman of the supervisory board)
  • CONTI Beteiligungsverwaltungs GmbH & Co. KG "Conti Basel", Munich (Member of the board of directors)
  • CONTI 147. Schifffahrts-GmbH & Co. KG MT "Conti Equator", Munich (Member of the board of directors)
  • CONTI 148. Schifffahrts-GmbH & Co KG MT "Conti Greenland", Munich (Member of the board of directors)
  • Siepmann-Werke GmbH & Co. KG, Warstein-Belecke (Member of the advisory board)