Board of Daimler AG extends contract with Dr. Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt by three years
STUTTGART, Germany, April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --
- New contract as Member of the Board of Management for Integrity and Legal Affairs until February 28, 2017
- Dr. Manfred Bischoff: "We are delighted to continue the excellent work with Dr. Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt in the Board of Management of Daimler AG. Under her leadership, Daimler has achieved a top position with regard to integrity and compliance."
In its meeting today, the Supervisory Board of Daimler AG extended the contract of Dr. Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt, a member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG, until February 28, 2017.
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Dr. Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt has been the Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG for Integrity and Legal Affairs since February 16, 2011. Her area of responsibility covers the Group's legal departments, compliance organization and data protection. Responsibility for respecting and maintaining human rights and for the sustained anchoring of a culture of integrity is also in her area.
"We are delighted to continue the excellent work with Dr. Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt in the Board of Management of Daimler AG. Dr. Hohmann-Dennhardt has anchored integrity as a fixed element of our corporate culture at Daimler. Under her leadership, the company has achieved a top position with regard to integrity and compliance," stated Dr. Manfred Bischoff, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Daimler AG.
Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt's contract would have expired in February 2014. In accordance with Section 84 Subsection 1 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG), the Supervisory Board decides on a reappointment after the beginning of the last year of each Board of Management member's last year of office.
Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt was born in Leipzig on April 30, 1950. She studied jurisprudence in Tübingen and concluded her studies in 1975 with the second state examination. In the same year, she became a lecturer in social law at the University of Hamburg. Dr. Hohmann-Dennhardt gained her doctorate in law at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main in 1979.
Positions held to date:
- Judge at the Federal Constitutional Court (First Senate), 1999
- Minister for Science and the Arts, State of Hessen, 1995
- Minister of Justice, State of Hessen, 1991
- Department head for social affairs, youth and housing, City of Frankfurt am Main, 1989
- Deputy judicial member of the Constitutional Court of the State of Hessen, 1988
- Director of the Social Court, Wiesbaden, lecturer at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, 1984
- Judge at the Social Court, Frankfurt am Main and Wiesbaden, and at the State Social Court, Darmstadt, 1981
- Assistant at the Institute for Labor Law of the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main, lecturer at the Labor Academy, 1977
Curriculum vitae and photograph can be found on Daimler's website at http://media.daimler.com/ms/board.
Further information from Daimler is available at:
www.media.daimler.com and www.daimler.com
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About Daimler
Daimler AG is one of the world's most successful automotive companies. With its divisions Mercedes-Benz Cars, Daimler Trucks, Mercedes-Benz Vans, Daimler Buses and Daimler Financial Services, the Daimler Group is one of the biggest producers of premium cars and the world's biggest manufacturer of commercial vehicles with a global reach. Daimler Financial Services provides financing, leasing, fleet management, insurance and innovative mobility services. The company's founders, Gottlieb Daimler and Carl Benz, made history with the invention of the automobile in the year 1886. As a pioneer of automotive engineering, Daimler continues to shape the future of mobility today: The Group's focus is on innovative and green technologies as well as on safe and superior automobiles that appeal to and fascinate its customers. For many years now, Daimler has been investing continually in the development of alternative drive systems with the goal of making emission-free driving possible in the long term. So in addition to vehicles with hybrid drive, Daimler now has the broadest range of locally emission-free electric vehicles powered by batteries and fuel cells. This is just one example of how Daimler willingly accepts the challenge of meeting its responsibility towards society and the environment. Daimler sells its vehicles and services in nearly all the countries of the world and has production facilities on five continents. Its current brand portfolio includes, in addition to the world's most valuable premium automotive brand, Mercedes-Benz, the brands smart, Freightliner, Western Star, BharatBenz, Fuso, Setra and Thomas Built Buses. The company is listed on the stock exchanges of Frankfurt and Stuttgart (stock exchange symbol DAI). In 2012, the Group sold 2.2 million vehicles and employed a workforce of 275,000 people; revenue totaled €114.3 billion and EBIT amounted to €8.6 billion.
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