<p>Supervisory Board of thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG has approved the proposal to expand the Executive Board of thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG as from 1 May 2022. Dr Ms Heike Denecke-Arnold will be Chief Operating Officer responsible for the operating production areas and thus the entire area from iron and steel production down to the finishing stages as well as quality and logistics. Dr Denecke-Arnold who has a PhD in engineering, 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.</p><p>To take account of the paramount importance of the transformation, it is managed in a separate directorate. 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. Moreover, there will be the Innovation area comprising the entire research and development work, an integrated innovation and transformation directorate thus being created at thyssenkrupp Steel.</p><p>Furthermore, the Supervisory Board has confirmed Markus Grolms as member of the Executive Board and extended his appointment as Labor Director and Chief Human Resources Officer until March 31, 2028. In the years to come, a main focus area of the Labor Directorate will be the support and management of the transformation.</p>
<p>Supervisory Board of thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG has approved the proposal to expand the Executive Board of thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG as from 1 May 2022. Dr Ms Heike Denecke-Arnold will be Chief Operating Officer responsible for the operating production areas and thus the entire area from iron and steel production down to the finishing stages as well as quality and logistics. Dr Denecke-Arnold who has a PhD in engineering, 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.</p><p>To take account of the paramount importance of the transformation, it is managed in a separate directorate. 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. Moreover, there will be the Innovation area comprising the entire research and development work, an integrated innovation and transformation directorate thus being created at thyssenkrupp Steel.</p><p>Furthermore, the Supervisory Board has confirmed Markus Grolms as member of the Executive Board and extended his appointment as Labor Director and Chief Human Resources Officer until March 31, 2028. In the years to come, a main focus area of the Labor Directorate will be the support and management of the transformation.</p>
