The Supervisory Board of thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG has approved the proposal to expand the Executive Board of thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG as from May 1, 2022. Dr Heike Denecke-Arnold will be Chief Operating Officer responsible for the operating production areas. Dr Heike Denecke-Arnold will be responsible for production operations from upstream operations down to the finishing stages, as well as for quality and logistics. Dr Denecke-Arnold has held various positions at thyssenkrupp since 1999, most recently that of CEO of the Management Board of thyssenkrupp Hohenlimburg GmbH at Precision Steel in Hohenlimburg since October 2016. Through her varied experience within the Group, Dr Denecke-Arnold has gained a wide range of expertise, both in the production area as well as on the strategy, customer and market sides.
Dr Arnd Köfler will be responsible for the optimization of the production network adopted as part of the Strategy 20-30 as well as for the entire decarbonization process of the steel segment.
The Supervisory Board has confirmed Markus Grolms as a member of the Executive Board and extended his appointment as Labor Director and Chief Human Resources Officer until March 31, 2028.
