Supervisory Board

Christoph Loos served for 16 years as member of the Executive Board of Hilti AG, including 9 years as Group CEO. Since 2023 he assumes the role as Chairman of the Hilti Group. He joined the company in 2001. Following positions in Corporate Development, Strategic Marketing and Sales, and after serving as General Manager of Hilti’s German market organization, he was appointed to the Executive Board in 2007. Prior to Hilti, he worked for 6 years for the Boston Consulting Group in Germany and China.

He was born in 1968. After an apprenticeship at Deutsche Bank in Mannheim, he studied business administration, followed by a doctorate at the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland. Besides his roles at Hilti and FUCHS he is a member of the Foundation Board of the St. Gallen Foundation for International Studies.

Susanne Fuchs was born in Mannheim in 1964. From 1983 to 1988 she studied veterinary medicine at Justus Liebig University in Giessen and earned her doctorate there in 1992. From 2013 to 2016 Susanne Fuchs studied business administration at the Open University in England and completed this with the MBA.

Susanne Fuchs has international experience from having spent several years in England.

As a third-generation member of the Fuchs family, which holds the majority in the share capital of FUCHS SE through an asset management company, she is a highly involved member of the family business. At the FUCHS Annual General Meeting which was held on May 5^th, 2017, she was elected to the Supervisory Board and its committees and since May 5^th, 2020, she holds the position of Deputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of FUCHS SE.

In addition to an Advisory Board function, Susanne Fuchs is engaged in voluntary work and has been in Germany and England over the last 20 years.

Dr. Markus Steilemann has been Chairman of the Board of Management of Covestro since June 2018. His responsibilities include central areas such as Strategy, Innovation and Sustainability, Corporate Audit, Human Resources and Communications. The strategic focus of his work is the company’s comprehensive orientation toward the Circular Economy. Since September 2022 Markus Steilemann is president of the German Chemical Industry Association (VCI).

Born in 1970 in Geilenkirchen, Germany, Steilemann studied chemistry at RWTH Aachen University and ETH Zurich. He completed his studies in Aachen with a doctorate, where he also earned a diploma in business administration.

In 1999, Steilemann began his professional career with the Bayer Group. From 2008, he held management positions in the Polycarbonates Business Unit of Bayer MaterialScience, Covestro’s predecessor organization. From 2013 to 2015, he headed the entire segment, headquartered in China, where he lived for several years.

Back in Germany, Steilemann became a member of the Covestro Board of Management in 2015 and was responsible for innovation. In the following year, he took over the management of the Polyurethanes business unit. In 2017, he assumed responsibility as Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) for all three segments of the company including Innovation, Marketing and Sales.

Ingeborg Neumann is a respected representative of the German economy and advocates for sustainability, women in leadership positions and her passion for promoting art. As the first woman to head the German textil+mode Association and as Vice President of the Federation of German Industries, she is committed to a sustainable economic system. As founder of Peppermint, she is an experienced investor and fund manager in the field of venture capital.

Jens Lehfeldt, born 1980 in Mannheim, is married and has three children. Since 2001 he has been employed at today's FUCHS LUBRICANTS GERMANY GmbH. Initially, he began training as an industrial clerk. After graduating, he then worked in sales for eight years, five of them in the field. He has been a member of the works council of FUCHS LUBRICANTS GERMANY GmbH in Mannheim since 2006.

He has been a full-time works council member since 2012 and chairman of the Mannheim works council since 2018.
He is also Chairman of the General Works Council, Chairman of the Group Works Council and Chairman of the European Works Council (SE works council).
In 2016, he was elected employee representative to the Supervisory Board of FUCHS LUBRICANTS GERMANY GmbH, to which he still belongs today.

In addition, he is active in numerous voluntary functions.

Born 1958 in Rodenbach, married, two children.

After training as an office assistant, she has been employed by today's FUCHS LUBRICANTS GERMANY GmbH since 1976. Initially as a typist, then clerk and in 2006 as team leader in Customer Service Germany.

Since 2006 she has been a representative for the severely handicapped. Since 2010 on the works council. First as deputy works council chairwoman and since 2012 works council chairwoman.