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Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements – Positions held by Supervisory Board members 215
The Supervisory Board of Siemens AG has 20 members. As stipulated by the German Codetermination Act, half of the members repre-
sent Company share holders, and half represent Company employees. The shareholder representatives were elected at the Annual
Shareholders’ Meeting on January 24, 2008, and the em ployee representatives, whose names are marked with an asterisk, either were
elected by an assembly of employee delegates on September 27, 2007, effective as of the end of the Annual Shareholders’ Meeting
on January 24, 2008, or replaced an employee representative who had resigned from the Supervisory Board. The Supervisory Board is
elected for five years.
As of September 30, 2008
Håkan Samuelsson
(since January 24, 2008)
Chairman of the Executive Board,
MAN AG
Date of birth: March 15, 1951
Member since: January 24, 2008
External positions
German supervisory board positions:
MAN Diesel SE, Augsburg
(Chairman)
MAN Ferrostaal AG, Essen
(Chairman)
MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG, Munich
(Chairman)
manroland AG, Offenbach am Main
MAN Turbo AG, Oberhausen
(Chairman)
RENK Aktiengesellschaft, Augsburg
(Chairman)
Dieter Scheitor*
Member of the Executive Committee,
IG Metall
Date of birth: November 23, 1950
Member since: January 25, 2007
Albrecht Schmidt,
Dr. iur., Dr. oec. publ. h. c.
(until January 24, 2008)
Bank director (retired)
Date of birth: March 13, 1938
Member since: March 11, 1993
External positions
(as of January 24, 2008)
German supervisory board positions:
Münchener Rückversicherungs-
Gesellschaft AG, Munich
Thyssen’sche Handelsgesellschaft m.b.H.,
Mülheim on the Ruhr
Henning Schulte-Noelle, Dr. iur.
(until January 24, 2008)
Chairman of the Supervisory Board,
Allianz SE
Date of birth: August 26, 1942
Member since: February 13, 1997
External positions
(as of January 24, 2008)
German supervisory board positions:
Allianz SE, Munich
(Chairman)
E.ON AG, Düsseldorf
ThyssenKrupp AG, Duisburg and Essen
Rainer Sieg,* Dr. iur.
(since January 24, 2008)
Chairman of the Central Committee
of Spokespersons, Siemens AG
Date of birth: December 20, 1948
Member since: January 24, 2008
Peter von Siemens
(until January 24, 2008)
Industrial manager
Date of birth: August 10, 1937
Member since: March 11, 1993
Jerry I. Speyer
(until January 24, 2008)
Chairman & CEO, Tishman Speyer
Date of birth: June 23, 1940
Member since: July 14, 2003
Birgit Steinborn*
(since January 24, 2008)
Member of the Central Works Council,
Siemens AG
Date of birth: March 26, 1960
Member since: January 24, 2008
Lord Iain Vallance of Tummel
Chairman, Amsphere Ltd.
Date of birth: May 20, 1943
Member since: January 23, 2003