Supervisory Board

Prof. Dr. Volker Gruhn

Chairperson of the Supervisory Board, Chairperson of the Nomination Committee

Prof. Dr. Volker Gruhn (born in 1963) was a co-founder of adesso SE in 1997 and is now the Chairperson of the Supervisory Board. He is Head of the Software Engineering Department at University of Duisburg-Essen. His research focuses on software processes for the development of data-driven and mobile applications as well as cyber-physical systems. Prof. Dr. Gruhn is the author and co-author of more than 450 national and international publications and conference contributions. He is member of the University Council of Leipzig University and member of the board of trustees of the Fraunhofer-Institute for Software and System Technology. Furthermore he is member of the advisory council of the BIPRO initiative. The BIPRO initiative is an association of finance companies that aim to optimize cross-company processes by developing functional and technical standards.

Further mandates in Supervisory Boards: Besides being the chairperson of the Supervisory Board of adesso SE, Prof. Dr. Gruhn is the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Staige GmbH, Essen, as well as Member of the Business Council of Borussia Dortmund, Dortmund, and member of the University Council of the University of Leipzig, Leipzig.

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Hermann Kögler

Member of the Supervisory Board, Chairman of the Audit Committee

Hermann Kögler (Born 1955) was for over twelve years Director of Finance/Controlling and Spokesman of the Board at COGNOS AG (now: Carl Remigius Fresenius Education AG), one of the biggest privately-owned, independent education groups in Germany. After his departure from the Board of Executive Directors at his own request, he was elected Member of the Supervisory Board at COGNOS AG in 2016. After studying Business Administration at the University of Cologne, he began his career as a self-employed wholesaler. He later held a number of senior management positions, including those at the Otto Wolff Group and Rhenus AG. In early 1996 he moved to the international steel distributor Klöckner & Co., where he was an executive until 2001, most recently as Director of Finance/Controlling. Before he joined COGNOS AG in 2004 the graduate business administrator worked as a consultant and interim manager.

Further mandates in Supervisory Boards: Besides being a member of the Supervisory Board of adesso SE, Hermann Kögler is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Carl Remigius Fresenius Education AG (previously: COGNOS AG), Hamburg.

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Dr. Friedrich Wöbking

Member of the Supervisory Board (Vice-Chairman)

Dr. Friedrich Wöbking (born in 1950) is a declared expert on information technology and the banks and insurance industries. He was member of the Executive Board at Dresdner Bank AG between 2003 and 2009 and took responsibility for the IT Services and Operations department. Previously, during the 1990s, he was member of the Executive Board at Allianz Versicherungs-AG/Allianz Lebensversicherungs-AG and Deutsche Versicherungs-AG where he was head of the Private Customer Business department as well as head of the departments IT and e-Business. From 1995 to 2009, he was also Global CIO of Allianz SE and Chairman of the Global IT Committee of Allianz SE. Wöbking owns a doctor’s degree in Information Technology and Mathematics and currently runs FW ADVISORY Management Beratung.

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