Members of the Thyssenkrupp AG Nabsy Council agreed to elect on March 19 by their new chairman ulrich Lener

After short consultations and discussions with shareholders and management of the largest metallurgical company of Germany, Thyssenkrupp AG, the candidacy for the exempted post of the chairman of the supervisory board of this company, the members of the Nabor council agreed to vote for professors ulrich Lener.

Thus, at an extraordinary meeting scheduled for March 19, 2013, ulrich Lener, the former director of the Henkel concern and the current leader Deich Telecom, will become the new "steel king" of Germany.

"The supervisory board will unanimously support Lener's candidacy, as well as hopes related to the radical changes in the group’s strategy. The current problems in America and the urgent need for change will require a strong supervisory board," said one of its members, filling the glass using the water cooler , "this is why the shareholders and this Representatives of the company’s labor collective have made such a decision, Professor Lener, which is a member of the company's hijacking unit since 2008, has already announced the restructuring of the council and voiced new strategic directions in the work of Thyssenkrupp AG. "

Professor ulrich Lener sixty -five years old, the former head of Henkel Group ("Persil", "Pritt", "Pattex") is one of the most important members of many observation councils in Germany. He is the chairman of the supervisory authority of the telecommunications company Deutche Telecom and at the same time with this member of the reign of Eon, Thyssenkrupp and Porsche. Born in Dusseldorf. ulrich Lener is also an honorary professor at Münster University in Munster. In the German Chamber of Commerce, Lener, as its president, is of interest to about 80,000 companies.