Supervisory Board

In our company, the representatives of the shareholders and the employees meet on an equal footing. Together, they review the decisions of the executive board and act as competent advisors.

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Rules of Procedure of the Supervisory Board of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

The Curriculum Vitae of the Executive Board Members and the Supervisory Board Members are updated when changes occur or regularly upon the publication of the invitation to the annual general meeting.

(Updated in: October 2023)

Wolfgang Büchele (Chairman)

Representative of	Shareholders
Member since	July 1, 2009
Profession	Chairman of Exyte GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
Board positions	E. Merck KG, Darmstadt, Germany ¹ (Member of the Board of Partners) Merck Life Science KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany ¹, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (Member of the Supervisory Board) Merck Electronics KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany ¹, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (Chair of the Supervisory Board) Wegmann Unternehmens-Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Fürstenfeldbruck, Germany (Chairman of the Board of Partners) Kemira Oyi, Helsinki, Finnland (Member of the Board of Directors)² KNDS NV, Amsterdam, Netherlands (Member of the Supervisory Board) Gelita AG, Eberbach, Germany (Chairman of the Supervisory Board)
CV	Wolfgang Büchele
Appointed until	the end of the annual general meeting 2024
Nationality	German

Sascha Held (Vice Chairman)

Representative of	Employees
Member since	April 26, 2019
Profession	Application Consultant (full-time member and Chairman of the Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany Joint Works Council)
Board positions	None
CV	Sascha Held
Appointed until	the end of the annual general meeting 2024
Nationality	German

Birgit Biermann

Representative of	Employees
Member since	July 14, 2022
Profession	Vice Chair of IGBCE
Board positions	adidas AG, Herzogenaurach, Germany (Member of the Supervisory Board)²
CV	Birgit Biermann
Appointed until	the end of the annual general meeting 2024
Nationality	German

Gabriele Eismann

Representative of	Employees
Member since	May 9, 2014
Profession	Full-time member of the Works Council
Board positions	None
CV	Gabriele Eismann
Appointed until	the end of the annual general meeting 2024
Nationality	German

Jürgen Glaser

Representative of	Employees
Member since	April 26, 2019
Profession	Regional Director of the German Mining, Chemical, and Energy Industrial Union (IG BCE), Darmstadt
Board positions	SIRONA Dental Systems GmbH, Wals, Austria (Member of the Supervisory Board) Merck BKK, Darmstadt, Germany - a public corporation, (Member of Board of Directors)
CV	Jürgen Glaser
Appointed until	the end of the annual general meeting 2024
Nationality	German

Michael Kleinemeier

Representative of	Shareholders
Member since	April 26, 2019
Profession	Managing Director of e-mobiligence GmbH
Board positions	E. Merck KG, Darmstadt, Germany¹ (Member of the Board of Partners) Merck Life Science KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany¹, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (Chair of the Supervisory Board) FELS Group GmbH, Kelkheim, Germany (Member of the Advisory Board) Transporeon GmbH, Ulm, Germany (Board of partners)
CV	Michael Kleinemeier
Appointed until	the end of the annual general meeting 2024
Nationality	German

Renate Koehler

Representative of	Shareholders
Member since	April 26, 2019
Profession	Pharmacist and Manager of Engel-Apotheke, Darmstadt, Germany
Board positions	None
CV	Renate Koehler
Appointed until	the end of the annual general meeting 2024
Nationality	German

Barbara Lambert

Representative of	Shareholders
Member since	August 11, 2023
Profession	Independent business consultant
Board positions	Deutsche Börse AG (listed), Eschborn, Germany, (Member of the Supervisory Board)² Synlab AG (listed), Munich, Germany (Member of the Supervisory Board)² Implenia AG, Opfikon, Switzerland (Member of the Supervisory Board)² UBS Switzerland AG, Switzerland (Member of the Supervisory Board)
CV	Barbara Lambert
Appointed until	the end of the annual general meeting 2024
Nationality	German, Swiss

Anne Lange

Representative of	Employees
Member since	April 26, 2019
Profession	Application Engineer (full-time member and Vice Chairwoman of the Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany Joint Works Council)
Board positions	None
CV	Anne Lange
Appointed until	the end of the annual general meeting 2024
Nationality	German

Peter Emanuel Merck

Representative of	Shareholder representatives, appointed by E. Merck Beteiligungen KG, Darmstadt, Germany, a related party of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Member since	April 26, 2019
Profession	Managing partner of Golf-Lounge GmbH, Hamburg
Board positions	None
CV	Peter Emanuel Merck
Appointed until	the end of the annual general meeting 2024
Nationality	German

Dietmar Oeter

Representative of	Employees
Member since	May 9, 2014
Profession	Vice President Corporate Quality Assurance
Board positions	None
CV	Dietmar Oeter
Appointed until	the end of the annual general meeting 2024
Nationality	German

Alexander Putz

Representative of	Employees
Member since	May 28, 2020
Profession	Chemical laboratory assistant (fulltime member of the Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany Joint Works Council)
Board positions	Merck Electronics KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany¹, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (Vice Chair of the Supervisory Board)
CV	Alexander Putz
Appointed until	the end of the annual general meeting 2024
Nationality	German

Christian Raabe

Representative of	Employees
Member since	April 26, 2019
Profession	IT Business Partner Darmstadt Site
Board positions	None
CV	Christian Raabe
Appointed until	the end of the annual general meeting 2024
Nationality	German

Helga Rübsamen-Schaeff

Representative of	Shareholders
Member since	May 9, 2014
Profession	Member of the Supervisory Board of AiCuris Anti-infective Cures AG
Board positions	E. Merck KG, Darmstadt, Germany¹ (Member of the Board of Partners) Merck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany¹, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (Chairperson of Supervisory Board) Merck Life Science KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany¹, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (Member of the Supervisory Board) 4SC AG, Planegg-Martinsried, Germany, (Member of the Supervisory Board)² AiCuris Anti-Infective Cures AG, Wuppertal, Germany (Member of the Supervisory Board)²
CV	Helga Rübsamen-Schaeff
Appointed until	the end of the annual general meeting 2024
Nationality	German

Daniel Thelen

Representative of	Shareholders
Member since	April 26, 2019
Profession	Program Manager Infrastructure at DB Netz AG
Board positions	E. Merck KG, Darmstadt, Germany¹ (Member of the Board of Partners)
CV	Daniel Thelen
Appointed until	the end of the annual general meeting 2024
Nationality	German

Simon Thelen

Representative of	Shareholder representatives, appointed by E. Merck Beteiligungen KG, Darmstadt, Germany, a related party of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany
Member since	April 26, 2019
Profession	Head of Hand Surgery, Department of Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, University Hospital Düsseldorf
Board positions	E. Merck KG, Darmstadt, Germany¹ (Member of the Board of Partners) Merck Healthcare KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany¹, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (Member of the Supervisory Board) Merck Life Science KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany¹, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (Member of the Supervisory Board) Merck Electronics KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany¹, an affiliate of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany (Member of the Supervisory Board)
CV	Simon Thelen
Appointed until	the end of the annual general meeting 2024
Nationality	German

¹Internal mandate
²Listed company