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Managing Board

  Dr.-Ing. E.h. Heinrich Weiss
Chairman & CEO

June 5, 1942 Born in Berlin, grown-up in Hilchenbach, district Siegen, Germany
June 30, 1968 Academic degree in electrical engineering at the Technical University, Munich (Dipl.-Ing.), different seminars and courses in business administration and economics
2001 Honorary doctorate degree (Dr.-Ing. E.h.)
of Aachen University of Technology (RWTH)

July 1, 1968 President of Siemag Transplan GmbH, Netphen (Sieg)
January 1, 1971 Chairman of the managing board of Siemag
Siegener Maschinenbau GmbH, Hilchenbach
since July 1, 1974 Chairman, CEO and major shareholder of SMS group, Düsseldorf

Member of the Board Bombardier Inc., Montréal, Canada
Member of the Supervisory Board Deutsche Bahn AG, Berlin
DB Mobility Logistics AG, Berlin
Thyssen-Bornemisza Group, Monaco
Voith AG, Heidenheim

 Chairman of the Board of the German-Russian Chamber of Commerce
 Chairman of the Foreign Trade Advisory Council to the Secretary of Economics and Technology, Berlin
 Member of the Board of the Asia Pacific Committee of German Business, Berlin (honorary member of China group)
 Member of the Board of the East-West-Trade Committee, Berlin

1982 - 1997 Chairman of the China Group of the Asia Pacific Committee of German Business, Berlin
1983 - 1989 Vice President of VDMA, German Machinery and Plant Manufacturers’ Association, Frankfurt
1983 - 1988 Chairman of the Economic Advisory Council of the CDU Party, Berlin
1991 - 1992 Chairman of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), Berlin