Simone Bagel-Trah

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Simone Bagel-Trah
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Born
Bagel

(1969-01-10) 10 January 1969 (age 54)
Düsseldorf, West Germany
(now Germany)
NationalityGerman
OccupationBusinessperson
SpouseChristoph Trah
Children2

Simone Bagel-Trah (born 1969) is a German businesswoman and Chairman of the Supervisory Board and Chairman of the Shareholders' Committee of Henkel.

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Early life and education

Bagel-Trah's mother is Anja Bohlan, an economist and academic who published several books. [1] Her father is Fritz Bagel. Bagel-Trah is a great-great-granddaughter of the Henkel founder Fritz Henkel. [2]

She graduated from the Max Planck Gymnasium in Düsseldorf in 1988. From 1988 to 1993 she studied biology at the University of Bonn. In 1998, she received her doctorate.

Career

From 1998 to 2000 Bagel-Trah worked as an independent consultant for project management in the field of microbiology and pharmacy. In 2000, she became Managing Partner of Antiinfectives Intelligence GmbH in Rheinbach. [3] She is a founding member of the since 6 December 2007 existing University Council of Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf.

Since 30 April 2001, Bagel-Trah has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Henkel AG & Co. KGaA. As of 14 April 2008, she was the deputy chairman. On 22 September 2009, she took over the chairmanship, making her the first woman on this position in a DAX-listed company. [4] At the same time she also became Chairman of the Shareholders' Committee, whose members include non-family managers also five Henkel heirs and which combines the interests of the three Henkel family members. [5] [6] Since 28 April 2014 she is member of the Supervisory Board of Bayer AG. [7]

Awards

Bagel-Trah was named as one of the "75 most influential women in German Business" by Manager Magazin and Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in 2017. [8]

In 2020, she was honored by the strategy consulting firm Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and the business magazine Manager Magazin as the most influential woman in German business of 2019 and named "Prima inter Pares 2019". [9]

Other activities

Corporate boards

Non-profit organizations

Personal life

Simone Bagel-Trah ist married to Christoph Trah (* 1966). Together they have two children.

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References

  1. ↑ Mario Brück (17 September 2009). "Die Chefin der Chefs bei Henkel". Wirtschaftswoche online (in German). Retrieved 3 July 2013.
  2. ↑ Kirsten Bialdiga (14 April 2008). "Simone Bagel-Trah – die Ur-Ur-Henkelin". ftd.de (in German). Financial Times Deutschland. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 30 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "Geschäftsleitung". antiinfectives-intelligence.de (in German). Antiinfectives Intelligence GmbH. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  4. ↑ "Albrecht Woeste übergibt an Simone Bagel-Trah". presseportal.de (in German). Unternehmenskommunikation der Henkel AG & Co. KGaA. 20 April 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2010.
  5. ↑ Stefan Weber (17 May 2010). "Henkel: Simone Bagel-Trah – Die erste Chefin deutscher Aufsichtsräte". Süddeutsche.de (in German). Archived from the original on 22 September 2009. Retrieved 19 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Köpfe der Wirtschaft: Simone Bagel-Trah". Wirtschaftswoche online (in German). Archived from the original on 9 October 2009. Retrieved 17 September 2009. Enthält auch Verweise auf vier Hintergrundberichte der Wirtschaftswoche vom 17. September 2009, die als Quelle zur inhaltlichen Erweiterung dieses Artikels nützlich sind.
  7. ↑ "Köpfe der Wirtschaft: Simone Bagel-Trah". Wirtschaftswoche online (in German). Archived from the original on 2 May 2014. Retrieved 30 April 2014.
  8. ↑ "The most important women in German business". deutschland.de. 6 January 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
  9. ↑ "BCG und manager magazin ehren Henkel-Aufsichtsratschefin Simone Bagel-Trah als einflussreichste Frau der Wirtschaft". Germany - DE (in German). Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  10. ↑ Supervisory Board Bayer AG.
  11. ↑ Supervisory Board Bayer AG.
  12. ↑ Central Advisory Board Commerzbank.
  13. ↑ Advisory Board HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt.
  14. ↑ Senate, as of February 2019 Max Planck Society.
  15. ↑ Board of Trustees Düsseldorf Business School.
  16. ↑ Board Stifterverband für die Deutsche Wissenschaft.
  17. ↑ Board of Directors Fritz Henkel Foundation.
  18. ↑ Board of Trustees Foundation for Family Businesses.
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