Committees
High-ranking corporate representatives with experience of working in or with Asian companies are active within the OAV in an honorary capacity, and shape the work within the network.
Chairman
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Axel Stepken
Former Chairman of the Board of Management
TUV SUD AG
Vice Chairman
Matthias Claussen
Managing Associate
C. Melchers
GmbH & Co. KG
Vice Chairman
C. Michael Illies
President & CEO
C. ILLIES & Co.
Treasurer
Frank Brockmann
Executive Board Member
HASPA Finanzholding
Vice Company Spokesperson
Hamburger Sparkasse
Prof. Thomas Bauer
Chairman of the Board
BAUER AG
Dr. Martin Brudermüller
Chairman of the Board
BASF SE
Prof. Dr. Jochem Heizmann
Member of the Supervisory Board
SKODA a.s.
Stefan Messer
CEO
Messer SE & CO. KGaA
Dr. Philipp Meyer
Managing Director JFY International
TRUMPF SE & Co. KG
Dr. Arnd Nenstiel
Global Head of Strategy and Portfolio Management Herbicides, Bayer AG
Clas Neumann
Senior Vice President
Head of Global SAP Labs Network
SAP SE, Shanghai / VR China
Dr. Sabine Stricker-Kellerer
Lawyer/Owner
SSK Asia
Matthias Zachert
Chairman of the Board
LANXESS AG
Alexander von zur Mühlen
CEO Asia-Pacific, Member of the Management Board
Deutsche Bank AG
The OAV Board of Directors is made up of high-profile representatives of Germany's business operations in Asia across many industries who discuss current issues relevant to the region, and corporate activity.
Members of the Board speak in their capacity as Chairpersons of the foreign trade associations and dictate the economic strategy in each individual country.
In the Advisory Council, important institutional partners, including the managing director of the German Foreign Chamber of Commerce, act as representatives of OAV in the region.
All current members of the OAV Advisory Board can be found here.