Members
Robert Wethmar, Chairman of the Supervisory Board
(independent member of the Supervisory Board)
Attorney and partner at the Taylor Wessing law firm, Hamburg.
Born in 1961, Robert Wethmar studied law at the University of Hamburg, graduating in 1988 with the first state examination. He then completed his legal clerkship at the Berlin Appellate Court, where he completed his second state examination in 1991. Thereafter, Robert Wethmar completed a master’s degree at New York University, qualifying as an attorney at law in the State of New York in 1993. Robert Wethmar has been a lawyer in Hamburg since 1993 and a partner at the international law firm Taylor Wessing since 1997. He specializes in cross-border M&A transactions and joint ventures as well as corporate law matters for mid-size and large family companies. He advises national and international companies in the technology (e.g. aviation and space technology, information technology, medical and biotechnology) and consumer goods industries.
Robert Wethmar, who was born in the Netherlands, has been honorary consul of the Netherlands in Hamburg since 2010.
He has been a member of the Supervisory Board of OHB SE and the company’s legal predecessor, OHB AG, since 2012 and since 1st April 2018 Chairman of the Supervisory Board.
Ingo Kramer, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
(independent member of the Supervisory Board)
Partner of J. Heinr. Kamer Holding GmbH & Co. KG
Ingo Kramer, born in 1953, had been managing director from 1982-2018 in the family business J. Heinr. Kramer in Bremerhaven, since then he is active as a partner. The graduated industrial engineer had been president of the federation of German employers associations BDA from November 2013 to November 2020. Through his offices as long-time president of the trade associations in the state of Bremen (2002-2016) and president of the employers' association Nordmetall (2007-2013), Kramer is very well-known in Bremen and the region. He is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Lenze SE, Aerzen and Pensions-Sicherungs-Verein Versicherungsverein auf Gegenseitigkeit, Köln.
Ingo Kramer has been a member of the Supervisory Board of OHB SE since 2018 and its Deputy Chairman since 2023.
Dr.-Ing. Hans Königsmann
(independent member of the Supervisory Board)
Former Vice President of Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX)
Dr. Hans Königsmann, born in 1963, studied aerospace engineering at the Technical University of Berlin. He then completed his doctorate at the University of Bremen, where he received a PhD in aerospace and production technology in 1995. As part of his doctorate, he worked at the Center for Applied Space Technology and Microgravity (ZARM) at the University of Bremen on the Bremsat small satellite, which was developed in close collaboration with OHB. From 2002 to 2021, he worked for the US company Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX). As Vice President of the company, he was involved in various leading functions in the development of the Falcon 1 and Falcon 9 launch vehicles, the Dragon spacecraft as well as the Starlink constellation and human spaceflight topics. He has outstanding expertise in the field of spaceflight, particularly with regard to satellite technology and launch vehicles. He is a member of the supervisory board of Mynaric AG, Gilching.
Dr. Hans Königsmann has been a member of OHB SE's Supervisory Board since 2022.
Claire Wellby
Member of KKR's European private equity team and Managing Director (Gérant) of Orchid Lux HoldCo S.à r.l.
Claire Wellby, born in 1988, studied at the ESCP Business School in Paris. Ms. Wellby began her professional career in 2012 in investment banking at Goldman Sachs in London and New York. She joined Sky in 2016. Since 2017, Ms. Wellby has been a member of KKR's European private equity team in London, where she focuses primarily on investment opportunities in the industrial sector. In this role, she has been involved in KKR's investments in OHB, HENSOLDT and Leonine, among others, and holds senior positions in a number of KKR's portfolio companies. In particular, Ms. Wellby is Managing Director (Gérant) of Orchid Lux HoldCo S.à r.l.
Ms. Wellby has been a member of the Supervisory Board of OHB SE since 2024.
Raimund Wulf
Executive employee of VOLPAIA Beteiligungs-GmbH and authorized representative of the Fuchs - Familienstiftung
Raimund Wulf, born in 1966, studied at the Frankfurt Schoof of Finance in Paderborn and Munich, graduating in 1994 with a BA in Banking. From 1990 to the end of 1999, Raimund Wulf was responsible for various capital market transactions and tech IPOs in the investment banking department of HypoVereinsbank. From 2000 to 2010, he was responsible, most recently as Managing Director, for a large number of Sal. Oppenheim's capital market transactions in the technology sector and other sectors - including the IPO of OHB Teledata AG and the merger process with OHB System AG, now OHB SE. In addition, he acted as investment banking coordinator for Sal. Oppenheim's primary market activities in Austria. Until joining VOLPAIA Beteiligungs-GmbH at the beginning of 2023, Mr. Wulf spent 12 years at UniCredit as a key account manager responsible for equity and debt financing for companies and entrepreneurs. The focus of his work was on the development of individual financing solutions for listed corporations and non-listed groups of companies in the technology and media sectors.
Raimund Wulf has been a member of OHB SE's Supervisory Board since 2023.
Committees of the Supervisory Board
OHB's corporate governance serves to ensure responsible management and control of the Group geared to value creation. OHB SE's Supervisory Board has delegated individual tasks to three committees, which deal with these in greater detail for the attention of the Supervisory Board. The Personnel Committee, the Audit Committee and the Corporate Governance and Nomination Committee each comprise at least three members of the Supervisory Board.
The Audit Committee is composed of the members of the Supervisory Board Ingo Kramer (Chairman of the Committee), Robert Wethmar and Raimund Wulf.
The Audit Committee supports the Supervisory Board in monitoring the management of the company, in particular from a financial perspective. Specifically, it reviews:
- the structure of the accounting system
- the organization and content of financial controls, including internal audits;
- the financial reporting to the shareholders, the capital market and the public as well as the relationship with the group auditors;
- the financial planning and budget and its fulfillment;
- the investment of cash and cash equivalents and the financial situation
- the longer-term business plans and strategy and their communication in the annual report;
- the risk management, internal control systems, risk plans and risk assessment of the Executive Committee;
- the tax matters and monitors the tax risks and tax governance including the tax strategy of the Company.
Besides that, this committee monitors the sustainability reporting.
The Personnel Committee is composed of the members of the Supervisory Board Robert Wethmar (Chairman of the Committee), Ingo Kramer and Dr. Hans Königsmann.
The members of this Committee prepare proposals for the attention of the Supervisory Board for the appointment of new Management Board members and deal with succession planning and the evaluation of candidates for the Management Board. In the selection and nomination process, the Nomination Committee takes into account independence, expertise, experience as well as the competencies (also with regard to economic, environmental and social aspects) required for the tasks of the Management Board or the Corporate Senior Management. As far as possible, a balance in terms of diversity shall be sought - in particular with regard to gender, age, nationality or country of origin, competencies, experience and ways of thinking. These criteria generally include ethnic origin and affiliation.
The ESG, Corporate Governance and Nomination Committee is composed of the members of the Supervisory Board Robert Wethmar (Chairman of the Committee), Raimund Wulf and Dr. Hans Königsmann.
This committee supports the Supervisory Board in matters relating to corporate governance, compliance and the alignment of the Company's activities with sustainable management. It monitors compliance with internal business and behavioral principles, including safety and environmental protection, from a legal perspective.
In the selection and nomination process, this committee takes into account independence, expertise, experience, and the competencies (also with regard to economic, environmental, and social aspects) required for the tasks of the Supervisory Board. As far as possible, a balance in terms of diversity shall be sought - in particular with regard to gender, age, nationality or country of origin, competencies, experience and mindset. These criteria generally include ethnic origin and affiliation.