Juerg Oleas - GEA Group Chairman

Mr. Juerg Oleas is Chairman of the Executive Board, Chief Executive Officer, Labor Relations Director of GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft since July 1, 2016. He was Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer since November 1, 2004. He is responsible for several regions and the central functions of Corporationrationrate Development and Communication, Marketing and Branding, in addition he is responsible for Human Resources, LegalCompliance, Internal audit. He heads the GEA Food Solutions, GEA Farm Technologies and GEA Heat Exchangers segments. He began his career at the ABB Group in 1982. Between 1982 and 1996, he worked at ABB Switzerland as a Development Engineer on steam turbines and plant engineering. He later took general charge of the worldwide sales for steampowered power stations. His career was accompanied by continual periods of professional education in France, Hong Kong, Korea, India, England and the United States. He moved to ABB Germany in 1996 as the Business Unit Manager for turnkey steampowered power stations. Between 1999 and 2001, he was the Country President for Switzerland and Managing Director of the CC business gas turbine segment at ABB Alstom Power, Switzerland. Between January 1, 2003 and July 31, 2004, he was also appointed Chairman of the Executive Board of Dynamit Nobel AG, which was sold as part of the restructuring of GEA Group. He also serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of LL Plant Engineering AG, Member of the Advisory Board of Allianz Global Corporationrationrate Specialty AG, Member of the Central Regional Advisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG and Member of the Board of Directors of RUAG Holding AG. He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of GEA Process Engineering AS, was Memner of Board of Directors of Holcim Ltd, BIH SA, Schweizerische CementIndustrieAktiengesellschaft. Until February 13, 2008, he served as Member of the Supervisory Board of GEA Westfalia Separator GmbH. since 2016.