Ludwig Merckle

• Residence: Ulm
• Chairman of the Personnel and Nomination Committees, Deputy Chairman of the Audit Committee, and member of the Sustainability and Innovation Committee
• Member of the Supervisory Board since: 2 June 1999
• Term expires: 2028

Personal information

• Year of birth: 1965
• Nationality: German

Career

• since 2009: CEO of Merckle Service GmbH
• 2005–2009: CEO of VEM Vermögensverwaltung GmbH
• 1997–2005: CEO of Merckle GmbH, parent company of ratiopharm GmbH
• 1995–1997: Management Assistant at Merckle GmbH
• 1993–1994: Roland Berger Strategic Consulting

Education

• Degree in Business Information Technology (Diplom‐Wirtschaftsinformatiker), University of Mannheim

External mandates

• Kässbohrer Geländefahrzeug AG^{1) 3)}, Laupheim (Chairman)
• PHOENIX Pharma SE^{1) 3)} (Deputy Chairman) and PHOENIX Pharmahandel GmbH & Co KG^{2) 3)}, Mannheim (jointly meeting supervisory board and advisory board, respectively)

Group mandates

none

^{1) Membership in other legally required supervisory boards of German companies
2) Membership in comparable German and foreign supervisory committees of commercial enterprises
3) Non‐listed companies controlled by Ludwig Merckle}