Foreword from the Chairman
of the Supervisory Board

Ladies and gentlemen, esteemed customers →→→ The 2020 financial year was a particularly challenging one for DEKRA. Since the coronavirus outbreak, the Executive and Supervisory Boards have been continually faced with the task of responding immediately to changing market conditions while at the same time placing a stronger focus on the future.

REPORT

SUPERVISORY BOARD

GLOBAL PARTNER

By ensuring consistency between the Executive and Supervisory Boards in terms of the goals set for the company and by implementing decisions quickly throughout 2020, DEKRA was able to minimize the effects of the coronavirus pandemic. However, the virus did put an end to our previous growth trend, which had continued for over a decade.

One contributory factor to the company’s resilience was the way in which the Service Divisions and regions worked closely together. Another is that digital services such as remote audits were expanded and that vehicle inspections, for example in Germany, were carried out in a way that was as COVID-secure as possible, to keep these systemically relevant services going.

With one eye on the post-pandemic future, the Executive and Supervisory Boards have expedited digitalization even further. By strategically setting this course, DEKRA will keep consolidating its position as a global partner for a safe world. Whether it’s the secure networking of vehicles, online monitoring of industrial facilities, or the electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) of Internet of Things devices – DEKRA provides testing, inspection, and certification based on state-of-the-art digital technologies.

On behalf of the Presidential Board and the Supervisory Board, I would like to thank DEKRA’s employees for their enormous commitment. I would also like to thank all the members of DEKRA e.V, as well as our customers and business partners, for their trust.

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DEKRA E.V.

  • Presidential Board
    • Thomas Pleines
      President, Munich
    • Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Arndt G. Kirchhoff
      Vice President, Attendorn
    • Prof. Thomas Edig
      Hanover
    • Bernhard Mattes
      Cologne
    • Dr. Stefan Sommer
      Meersburg
    • Dipl.-Ing. Bernd Tönjes
      Marl
    • Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Peter Tyroller
      Stuttgart
    • Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Weiler
      Coburg
  • Executive Board
    • Stefan Kölbl
      Chairman, Leinfelden-Echterdingen
    • Wolfgang Linsenmaier
      Freiberg am Neckar [since January 01, 2021]
  • Advisory Board
    • Matthias Wissmann
      Chairman, Ludwigsburg
    • Thomas Pleines
      Vice Chairman, Munich
    • Univ.-Prof. Dr.-Ing. Thomas Bauernhansl
      Pforzheim
    • Staatssekretär a.D. Dr. h.c. Rudolf Böhmler
      Schwäbisch Gmünd
    • Jürgen Karpinski
      Frankfurt a. M.
    • Mathias Krage
      Hanover
    • Joachim Müller
      Munich [since March 16, 2020]
    • Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Andreas Renschler
      Stuttgart
    • Prof. Dr. Hermann Requardt
      Erlangen
    • Dr. Harald Schwager
      Speyer
    • Frank Sportolari
      Düsseldorf
    • Stefan Strick
      Hürth [DECEASED February 27, 2021]
    • Prof. Dr. Thomas Weber
      Stuttgart

DEKRA SE

  • Supervisory Board
    • Thomas Pleines
      President, Munich
    • Monika Roth-Lehnen
      Vice Chairman, Wuppertal [Employee Representative]
    • Ulrich Beiderwieden
      Berlin [Employee Representative]
    • Frank Beimborn
      Ennepetal [Employee Representative]
    • Prof. Dr. Sabine Fließ
      Möhnesee
    • Klaus-Jürgen Heitmann
      Coburg
    • Jean-Luc Inderbitzin
      Doulevant-le-Château, France [Employee Representative
    • Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Wilfried Kettner
      Dermbach [Employee Representative]
    • Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Arndt G. Kirchhoff
      Attendorn
    • Dipl.-Ing (FH) Stephan Kramer
      Henstedt-Ulzburg [since April 01, 2020]
    • Laurent Masquet
      Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac, France [Employee Representative]
    • Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Wilhelm Oberfranz
      Munich [until April 01, 2020]
    • Dipl.-Wirtsch.-Ing. Peter Tyroller
      Stuttgart
  • Management Board
    • Stefan Kölbl
      Chairman, Leinfelden-Echterdingen
    • Ulrike Hetzel
      Renningen [since April 01, 2021]
    • Clemens Klinke
      Boffzen [until December 31, 2020]
    • Wolfgang Linsenmaier
      Freiberg am Neckar
    • Ivo Rauh
      Stuttgart [until March 31, 2021]
    • Stan Zurkiewicz
      Stuttgart [since January 01, 2021]