Kathrin Menges

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Kathrin Menges (2016)

Kathrin Menges (born October 16, 1964 in Pritzwalk ) is a German manager . From October 2011 to April 2019 she was Chief Human Resources Officer of the Henkel Group .

Study and professional development

Kathrin Menges passed her Abitur in 1983 at the Extended Oberschule (EOS) of the Goetheschule II in Pritzwalk. In the same year she started her studies at the Pedagogical University in Potsdam . Her main subjects were English and Russian. She obtained the academic degree of diploma teacher in 1988 . In the following two years she worked as a teacher .

In 1990 Menges switched to the human resources department of commercial companies. She initially worked for Bankgesellschaft Berlin until 1999 , where she was promoted to Head of Human Resources. She then took on various senior management positions in human resources at various subsidiaries of the Henkel Group. In October 2011 she became a member of the Henkel Executive Board responsible for human resources; the area was expanded to include infrastructure services in April 2012. Menges was appointed to the HR board for the first time, as the HR department had previously been jointly responsible for the chairman of the board.

Menges was the company's first female board member. In addition, she was the first woman from the territory of the former GDR to hold a board position in a DAX company .

Private

Menges is married and has no children. Her hobbies are jogging and swimming.

Other functions and offices

  • Member of the Council for Sustainable Development since 2013
  • Member of the supervisory board of Adidas AG since 2014
  • Member of management and supervisory bodies of various international subsidiaries of the Henkel Group

Web links

Commons : Kathrin Menges  - Collection of Images

References and comments

  1. ↑ Kathrin Menges (Vita). In: Website of the Henkels company. Retrieved May 26, 2017 .
  2. ^ A b Mario Brück: Kathrin Menges: teacher on the Henkel board. In: Wirtschaftswoche online. October 5, 2011, accessed May 26, 2017 .
  3. ^ Detergent company: Brandenburger becomes the first woman on the Henkel Management Board. In: Tagesspiegel Online . Retrieved August 19, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Consumer goods group: Henkel brings women to the board for the first time. In: Spiegel Online . September 26, 2011. Retrieved August 19, 2017 .
  5. ↑ Since April 30, 2001 Simone Bagel-Trah has been represented on the Supervisory Board of Henkel AG & Co KGaA. Since September 22, 2009 she has been its chairman and chairwoman of the shareholders' committee.
  6. ^ Mario Brück: Kathrin Menges: teacher on the Henkel board. Retrieved October 9, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Kathrin Menges: Chief Human Resources Officer and Chairwoman of the Sustainability Council at Henkel (Vita). (No longer available online.) In: Website of the German Council for Sustainable Development . Archived from the original on June 1, 2017 ; accessed on May 26, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nachhaltigkeitsrat.de
  8. ^ Kathrin Menges, Executive Vice President Human Resources and Infrastructure Services Henkel AG & Co. KGaA. (PDF) In: adidas-group.com. Retrieved August 19, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Menges, Kathrin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German manager
DATE OF BIRTH October 16, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Pritzwalk