The Management of Knorr-Bremse AG. Joint Responsibility.

The Executive Board

Portrait photo of Marc Llistosella, CEO of Knorr-Bremse AG
Marc Llistosella
Chief Executive Officer of Knorr-Bremse AG

Worldwide responsibility for Strategy, Communications, Brand Management, Digitalization, IT, Security, and Internal Audit

Marc Llistosella

Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since 2023

Worldwide responsibility for Strategy, Communications, Brand Management, Digitalization, IT, Security, and Internal Audit

Curriculum Vitae
Professional background
Knorr-Bremse AG
2023 – today
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Worldwide responsibility for Strategy, Communications, Brand Management, Digitalization, IT, Security, and Internal Audit
Vaionic Technologies GmbH, Berlin
2021 – today
Board Member and investor
Einride AB, Stockholm
2019 – today
Board Member and investor
Angel Investor, Founder and CEO, Automotive Expert and Public Speaker
2018 – today
Self-employed
Daimler Trucks Asia
2015 – 2018
President & CEO, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corporation; Head of Daimler Trucks Asia (DTA), Tokyo, Japan; Board Member, Daimler Trucks Asia
2014 – 2015
SVP & Head of Sales, Marketing and Customer Service, Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corporation; Board Member, Daimler Trucks Asia
2008 – 2014
Managing Director & CEO, Daimler India Commercial Vehicles (DICV)
Daimler AG
2006 – 2008
Project Leader, Global Matrix India (GMI)
2004 – 2006
Head of Business Development and Strategy, Daimler Trucks
DaimlerChrysler AG
2001 – 2004
Head of Strategic Planning and Asian Cooperation Projects
1999 – 2001
Head of Charter Way Europe
1998 – 1999
Executive Assistant to Head of German DaimlerChrysler Sales Organization
Mercedes-Benz AG
1997 – 1998
Manager, Sales Network – Network Strategy
1994 – 1997
Salesman, Light Commercial Vehicles, Mercedes-Benz Own Retail Branch
Academic career
University of Cologne
1991 – 1993
Graduated in Business Administration
1986 – 1991
Graduated in Economics
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Portrait photo of Dr Claudia Mayfeld, Member of the Executive Board of Knorr-Bremse AG
Dr. Claudia Mayfeld
Member of the Executive Board

Worldwide responsibility for Integrity, Legal, and Human Resources

Dr. Claudia Mayfeld

Member of the Executive Board since 2021

Worldwide responsibility for Integrity, Legal, and Human Resources

Curriculum Vitae
Professional background
Knorr-Bremse AG, Munich, Germany
2021 – today
Member of the Executive Board
Worldwide responsibility for Integrity, Legal, and Human Resources
UniCredit Bank AG, Munich, Germany
2020 – today
Member of the Supervisory Board & Chairwoman of the Risk Committee
RWE Group / innogy SE, Essen and surroundings, Germany
2013 – 2020
Süwag Energie AG: Member of the Supervisory Board
2013 – 2019
RWE Pensionsfonds: Member of the Executive Board
2016 – 2020
innogy SE: Senior Vice President (SVP) Group Legal & Compliance, General Counsel
2013 – 2016
RWE AG: Senior Vice President (SVP) Group Legal & Compliance, General Counsel
2008 – 2013
RWE Innogy GmbH: Senior Vice President (SVP) Group Legal & Compliance, General Counsel
2009 – 2012
RWE AG: Group Chief Diversity Officer
2007 – 2008
RWE Gas Midstream GmbH: Senior Vice President (SVP) Legal & Compliance, General Counsel
2000 – 2008
RWE Trading GmbH: Head of Corporate Law and Derivatives / Foreign Exchanges
1997 – 1999
RWE AG: Parental leave, part-time lawyer
1995 – 1997
RWE Telliance AG: Head of the Legal Department
1992 – 1995
RWE AG: Legal Council
Academic career
University of Bayreuth, Germany
1983 – 1984
Study of law
University of Münster (WWU), Germany
1984 – 1988
Study of law, 1st state examination in law
Higher Regional Court Hamm, Germany
1988 – 1991
2nd state examination in law
University of Münster (WWU), Germany
1988 – 1989
PhD in Accounting Principles
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Portrait photo of Bernd Spies, Member of the Executive Board of Knorr-Bremse AG
Bernd Spies
Member of the Executive Board

Worldwide responsibility for the Commercial Vehicle Systems division

Bernd Spies

Member of the Executive Board since 2022

Worldwide responsibility for the Commercial Vehicle Systems division

Curriculum Vitae
Professional background
Knorr-Bremse AG, Munich, Germany
2022 – today
Member of the Executive Board
Worldwide responsibility for the Commercial Vehicle Systems division
Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH (Commercial Vehicle Systems), Munich, Germany
2014 – 2022
Chairman of the Management Board
2013 – 2014
Member of the Management Board
Hella KGaA Hueck & Co., Lippstadt, Germany
2008 – 2013
Member of the Management Board, Global Sales
Robert Bosch GmbH
2006 – 2008
Head of Commercial Vehicles product division, Starters and Alternators (Stuttgart, Germany)
2006 – 2006
Vice President Sales Actuation Systems product division, Energy and Body Electronics (Bühl, Germany)
2004 – 2006
Vice President Sales Mercedes Car Group, Sales Region Southwest (Stuttgart, Germany)
2000 – 2004
Commercial Sales Coordination Officer, Corporate Headquarters (Stuttgart, Germany)
1998 – 2000
Product Manager Driver Assistance, Regional Company North America (Farmington Hills/Michigan, USA)
1997 – 1998
Sales Manager Driver Assistance, Regional Company North America (Farmington Hills/Michigan, USA)
1995 – 1997
Project Manager, Central Sales Region GM (Frankfurt, Germany)
1994 – 1995
Sales Engineer, Sales Body Electronics (Bühl, Germany, and Melbourne, Australia)
1992 – 1994
Trainee, Technical Sales Automotive Original Equipment (Bühl/Reutlingen/Köln, Germany, and Paris, France)
Academic career
Technical University, Karlsruhe, Germany
1986 – 1992
Electrical Engineering studies, majoring in Information and HF Technology (leading to a degree in Engineering)
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Portrait photo of Frank Markus Weber, CFO of Knorr-Bremse AG
Frank Markus Weber
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Worldwide responsibility for Finance, Accounting, Controlling, Taxes, Treasury, M&A, Sustainability, and Investor Relations

Frank Markus Weber

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since 2020

Worldwide responsibility for Finance, Accounting, Controlling, Taxes, Treasury, M&A, Sustainability, and Investor Relations

Curriculum Vitae
Professional background
Knorr-Bremse AG, Munich, Germany
2020 – today
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Worldwide responsibility for Finance, Accounting, Controlling, Taxes, Treasury, M&A, Sustainability, and Investor Relations

From March 2022 to December 2022 Interim Executive Board Spokesman
Daimler AG
2019 – 2020
Additional function: Head of Transformation, Mercedes Benz AG (Stuttgart, Germany)
2018 – 2020
Head of Daimler Corporate Development, Corporate Strategy, MOVE Daimler Efficiency Program (Stuttgart, Germany)
2016 – 2018
Head of Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Real Estate (Stuttgart, Germany)
2013 – 2016
Chief Financial Officer Daimler Trucks Asia (Tokyo, Japan / Chennai, India)
2011 – 2013
Chief Financial Officer Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corporation (Tokyo, Japan)
2009 – 2010
Head of Controlling Operations, Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars (Stuttgart, Germany)
2006 – 2008
Head of Controlling Assembly Plants, Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars (Stuttgart, Germany)
2004 – 2007
Head of Controlling CORE-Project, Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars (Stuttgart, Germany)
2002 – 2004
Head of Strategic Controlling & Projects, Mercedes Benz Passenger Cars (Stuttgart, Germany)
2001 – 2002
Head of Controlling Funding Requirements, Mercedes-Benz Passenger Cars (Stuttgart, Germany)
1999 – 2001
Manager Strategic Planning Daimler AG (Stuttgart, Germany)
Kullen Mueller Zinser Treuhand GmbH, Sindelfingen, Germany
1996 – 1998
Auditing Assistant and Consultant
Academic career
Eberhard-Karls University, Tübingen, Germany
1990 – 1995
Business Administration (Diploma)
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Portrait photo of Dr Jürgen Wilder, Member of the Executive Board of Knorr-Bremse AG
Dr. Jürgen Wilder
Member of the Executive Board

Worldwide responsibility for the Rail Vehicle Systems division

Dr. Jürgen Wilder

Member of the Executive Board since 2018

Worldwide responsibility for the Rail Vehicle Systems division

Curriculum Vitae
Professional background
Knorr-Bremse AG, Munich, Germany
2018 – today
Member of the Executive Board
Worldwide responsibility for the Rail Vehicle Systems division
DB Cargo AG, Frankfurt, Germany
2015 – 2017
CEO and Chairman of the Managing Board Responsible for the worldwide rail freight transport of DB AG
Siemens AG, Munich and Krefeld, Germany
2013 – 2015
CEO Global Business Unit Mainline Transportation
2011 – 2013
Head of Strategy Infrastructure and Cities Sector
Siemens Industry Inc., Sacramento, USA
2007 – 2011
CEO Rolling Stock Business USA
2004 – 2007
Manager Restructuring Transportation Systems
Siemens Management Consulting, Munich, Germany, and New York, USA
2000 – 2004
Consultant
Academic career
Harvard University, Department of Chemistry, Cambridge/MA, USA
1999 – 2000
Research fellow
Max Planck Institute for polymer research, Mainz, Germany
1996 – 1999
Doctorate
Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany
1990 – 1996
Studies of Physics, leading to degree in Physics (Diplom)
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The Supervisory Board

Dr. Reinhard Ploss

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

CEO of Infineon Technologies AG, retired Biography & Mandates 

Franz-Josef Birkeneder*

Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Global Project Support Knorr-Bremse Commercial Vehicle Systems; Aldersbach Plant Manager until 2022 Biography & Mandates 

Dr. Theodor Weimer

Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board

CEO of Deutsche Börse AG Biography & Mandates 

Kathrin Dahnke

Chairwoman of the Audit Committee of the Supervisory Board

Self-employed management consultant Biography & Mandates 

Michael Jell*

Full-time Member of the Works Council of Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Schienenfahrzeuge GmbH, Knorr-Bremse AG, Knorr-Bremse Services GmbH Biography & Mandates 

Dr. Sigrid Evelyn Nikutta

Member of the Management Board (Freight Transport) of Deutsche Bahn AG;
CEO of DB Cargo AG
 Biography & Mandates 

Werner Ratzisberger*

Full-time Member of the Works Council of Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH in Munich Biography & Mandates 

Annemarie Sedlmair

Regional Lawyer at IG Metall, Bavarian department Biography & Mandates 

Dr. Stefan Sommer

Former Member of the Board of Management of Volkswagen AG with responsibility for the Components and Procurement business, Consultant Read more 

Erich Starkl*

General Representative of IG Metall trade union, Passau Biography & Mandates 

Julia Thiele-Schürhoff

Chairperson of the Executive Board of Knorr-Bremse Global Care e. V. Biography & Mandates 

Sylvia Walter*

Balance Sheet Accountant, Commercial Administration Officer

Member of the Hasse & Wrede Works Council, Berlin Biography & Mandates 

* elected by employees