HOCHTIEF - Key Persons
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- Senior Site Manager, Guides Visitors through the Building, Where German History Was Written.
André Klimt, HOCHTIEF Senior Site Manager, guides visitors through the building, where German history was written.
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- Member of the Board
- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Member of the Supervisory Board
- Employee Representatives
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- Member of the Board
- Member of the Human Resources Committee
- Member of the Shareholders Committee
- Member of the Supervisory Board
Beate Bell has been Supervisory Board Member of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft since April 25, 2015
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- Member of the Human Resources Committee
- Member of the Supervisory Board
- Audit / Sustainability Committee
Björn Wißuwa has been a member of the Supervisory Board HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft since January 16, 2024
Christa Panitzsch, HOCHTIEF team assistant at the project "Am Tacheles," is fully in charge with the brashness of a Berliner and with her heart in the right place. She grew up just a stone's throw from the Tacheles construction site and visited the cinema here in her youth. You can't get much more of a personal connection with a project than that.
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- Member of the Board
- Member of the Human Resources Committee
- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Audit / Sustainability Committee
Christine Wolff has been Supervisory Board Member of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft since October 10, 2014
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- Director of Operations
- Member of the Supervisory Board
Cristina Aldámiz-Echevarría is the Director of Operations, Investees and Sustainability of ACS, Actividades de Construcción y Servicios, S.A., Madrid.
Cristina Aldámiz-Echevarría joined ACS in 2002 and since then has held different positions at ACS (Actividades de Construcción y Servicios S.A.) in the headquarters in Madrid: initially as Head of Investments and Management Control (2002-2016) and as Director of Finance and Corporate Development (2016-2023). She has been a member of several Boards of Directors: Másmóvil Ibercom S.A. (2016-2020), Bow Power, S.L. (2015-2019), Saeta Yield S.A. (2015-2018), Clece S.A. (2012-2014) and TBI Ltd. (2007-2012).
Cristina Aldámiz-Echevarría has been a member of the Supervisory Board of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft since October 13, 2023.
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- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Member of the Supervisory Board
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- Chief Human Resources Officer
- Member of the Executive Board
Born in 1970, Martina Steffen has been a member of the Executive Board and Chief Human Resources Officer of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft in Essen since September 2021. She is responsible for Human Resources at the Group and as Chief Sustainability Officer for ESG matters, as well as for the Corporate Department IT. She is also in charge of the field of data protection.
Since 1989, Martina Steffen has worked in different positions for HOCHTIEF. Since August 2009, she has managed the Corporate Department Human Resources for HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft and in May 2021 she also took on the task of Chief Sustainability Officer for the HOCHTIEF Group and since October 2021 also was a member of the Executive Board and Labor Director of HOCHTIEF Solutions AG. Before that, she worked in various functions in IT and Human Resources at the HOCHTIEF Group. Martina Steffen is a qualified data processing expert and has a degree in Economics and IT (Administration and Economic Academy-VWA).
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- Chief Financial Officer
- Member of the Executive Board
Born in 1966, Peter Sassenfeld has been a member of the Executive Board of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft in Essen since November 2011. As Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company, he is responsible for the corporate departments Controlling and Risk Management, Finance, Capital Markets Strategy/Investor Relations, Accounting and Tax, and Insurance.
Peter Sassenfeld studied business administration at Saarland University. After his studies, he first performed various management functions at Mannesmann in Germany and abroad. Later he managed the worldwide mergers and acquisitions activities at the Bayer Group in Leverkusen. From October 2005, Sassenfeld worked for the Krauss-Maffei Group in Munich and from February 2007 as CFO of KraussMaffei AG. In May 2010, he took over as CFO of Ferrostaal AG in Essen. From July 2015 to October 2023, he was also CFO of HOCHTIEF Solutions AG.
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- Chairman of the Nomination Committee
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board
- Appointed Francisco Javier García Sanz Member of the Board of Management
- Purchasing Clerk at Adam Opel AG
Francisco Javier García Sanz started his professional career as a purchasing clerk at Adam Opel AG in Rüsselsheim in 1979. In 1980, he was appointed purchasing coordinator at GM Espa˜a in Zaragoza (Spain), and three years later Group Leader "Purchasing M + E" at Adam Opel AG in Rüsselsheim.
Francisco Javier García Sanz was responsible for Group "Procurement Electrics/Electronics" from December 1993 to the end of 1996. In addition, he was a Member of the Managing Board of SEAT, S.A. in Spain from September 8, 1995 to December 31, 1996.
On November 19, 2008 García Sanz was named an honorary doctorate of the Institute of Business Administration at University of Stuttgart.
Dr. rer. pol. h.c. Francisco Javier García Sanz has been Supervisory Board Member of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft since April 23, 2012
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- Consult Construction Management Services
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- Expert for Tunneling, Reports about the Challenges Involved With Subway Construction in Inner - City Locations
Frank Abel, HOCHTIEF expert for tunneling, reports about the challenges involved with subway construction in inner-city locations.
HOCHTIEF engineer Gunnar Reimann therefore built eleven tunnels all at once. That was pioneering work. "Like an arm extending into the hand and fingers" is how Reimann describes the cave-like branching work of art.
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- Experienced Project Manager
Hagen Schroth is HOCHTIEF's experienced project manager. He manages the construction site at Mercedes-Platz and talks about the particular challenges.
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- Vice President and Senior Operations Manager at Turner, Recalls the Dynamics of the Work
"We put so much enthusiasm into this project. This enabled us to motivate the community of subcontractors to also work with BIM. At first they all regarded it as additional costs. But at the end of the work they all said that we save money through using it and are able to work more efficiently. One could say: We have used this exciting project in order to take New York City's construction community to the BIM world of tomorrow."
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- Member of the Board
- Member of the Human Resources Committee
- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Member of the Shareholders Committee
- Member of the Supervisory Board
José Luis del Valle Pérez has been Supervisory Board Member of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft since May 12, 2011
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- Chairman of the Executive Board
- Member of the ACS Group
Born in 1978, Juan Santamaría Cases leads the company since July 2022. Juan Santamaría Cases has been a member of the ACS Group for more than 20 years.
He began his career at ACS in 2002 after graduating as a Civil Engineer from the Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Between 2002 and 2006, he held different positions at Iridium and Dragados as Engineer and Project Director. Following the function of CEO at ACS Infrastructure in the U.S. and Canada from 2006 to 2013, he was President and CEO at Iridium between 2013 and 2015. From August 2015 to January 2017, he worked as Executive Manager for CPB in Australia and, in 2017, he was appointed CEO of the Industrial and Services Company UGL. From September 2017 to February 2020, he was Managing Director of CPB Contractors and Leighton, with operations in Australia, New Zealand and Asia.
He served as CEO of CIMIC from February 2020 until May 2022 and as Executive Chairman of CIMIC since November 2020.
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- Member of the Board
- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Member of the Supervisory Board
Jörg Laue has been a Supervisory Board Member of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft since April 1, 2024
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- Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
- Member of the Board
- Member of the Human Resources Committee
- Vice Chairman of the Nomination Committee
Klaus Stümper has been Supervisory Board Member of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft since November 13, 2013
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- Capital Markets Strategy / Investor Relations Assistant
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- Head of Capital Markets Strategy
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- Investor Relations Manager
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- Member of the Human Resources Committee
- Member of the Supervisory Board
Natalie Moser has been a member of the Supervisory Board of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft since June 4, 2021.
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- Member of the Board
- Member of the Supervisory Board
Nikolaos Paraskevopoulos has been Supervisory Board Member of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft since August 11, 2016
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- Chairman of the Human Resources Committee
- Chairman of the Nomination Committee
- Chairman of the Supervisory Board
- Member of the Shareholders Committee
- Jiménez Has Been Supervisory Board Member of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft since May 12, 2011
Pedro López Jiménez has been Supervisory Board Member of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft since May 12, 2011
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- Member of the Board
- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Member of the Supervisory Board
Prof. Dr. Mirja Steinkamp has been Supervisory Board Member and Member of the Audit/Sustainability Committee of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft since October 19, 2022.
When two large ships passed through the river crossing of the Rethe bridge or if trains used the bridge up to 40 times a day, for drivers of vehicles this meant: Switch off the engine and wait. Now this is a thing of the past. Because the new Rethe bridge built by HOCHTIEF separates rail and road traffic.
The unique structure can proudly claim to be "Europe's largest bascule bridge for combined road and rail traffic".
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- Project Manager at HOCHTIEF, Was Involved in the Biggest Theater Projects, and Learned One Thing in Particular
Robert Nießen remembers this first theater construction project of HOCHTIEF for the Musical Company Stage: "We were daring and crazy enough to be persuaded to build an almost new theater in eight months. But successfully. In the end our client was able to fully take advantage of Christmas business as planned.
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- Head of Investor Relations
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- Member of the Board
- Member of the Nomination Committee
- Member of the Shareholders Committee
- Member of the Supervisory Board
- Corporate General Manager of ACS, ACTIVIDADES DE CONSTRUCCIÓN
Ángel García Altozano is the Corporate General Manager of ACS, ACTIVIDADES DE CONSTRUCCIÓN Y SERVICIOS, and S.A. He is in charge of corporate development and of the new business activities and is also responsible for all the financial matters of the Group.
Mr. Altozano joined ACS in 1996 bringing significant experience in the management of large industrial groups and a deep knowledge of national and international financial markets. His professional career includes both industrial as well as investment banking experience.
Between 1990 and 1996, he was President of Bankers Trust for Spain and Portugal as well as member of its European Board. He led numerous financing transactions, private equity investment and advisory assignments.
Previously, Mr. Altozano was General Manager of INI, the State-owned holding group. He was responsible for INI's State owned companies, including among others ENDESA, IBERIA AIRLINES, CONSTRUCCIONES AERONÁUTICAS and INDRA.
His career started in the construction sector in 1972 when he joined HUARTE, a construction company in which he held different technical, financial and executive positions.
Mr. Altozano was born in Spain and holds a Civil Engineering Degree from the University of Madrid and an MBA from the University of Dayton, Ohio. He is a Fulbright fellow.
Ángel García Altozano has been Supervisory Board Member of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft since June 6, 2007
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- Member of the Executive Board
- Member of the Executive Board and Chief Operating Officer ( COO )
Born in 1967, Ángel Muriel Bernal has been a member of the Executive Board and Chief Operating Officer (COO) of HOCHTIEF Aktiengesellschaft in Essen since April 2023. He is responsible for the development of new business segments, the bidding and contract strategy as well as risk management, and is in charge of the Corporate Department Development and Mergers and Acquisition.
He has a PhD in Applied Economy from Malaga University.
Ángel Muriel joined the ACS Group in 1995 working on Corporate level and participating in different projects of Infrastructure and telecom. From 2002 to 2006, he was the CFO of Iridium in Chile, from 2006 until 2011 he worked as the CFO of ACS Infrastructure Development Inc. in the U.S. In 2011, Ángel Muriel was appointed CFO of Iridium Concesiones de Infraestructuras, S.A., in Madrid, Spain.
In 2012, he was appointed Head of Corporate Mergers and Acquisitions at HOCHTIEF, in Essen, Germany. In April 2014, Ángel Muriel joined the CIMIC Group Limited, in Sydney, Australia, as Chief Development Officer and Managing Director of Pacific Partnerships. He was also a Member of the Board of Directors of various companies of the CIMIC Group. In addition to these roles, from June 2015 to May 2017, Ángel Muriel was CIMIC Group's Chief Financial Officer. He was the Team Manager of the takeover bid, of Abertis, and is a Member of Abertis HoldCo Board of Directors.
Since May 2017, Ángel Muriel has been Deputy General Manager to the CEO at the ACS Group Headquarters in Madrid, Spain.