Sprecher 2020

a)  Personal Data

• Date of birth: 31 October 1957
• Place of birth: Feldbach, Austria

b)  Education / Academic Career

• 1974 – 1981 vocational training to master toolmaker at Philips, Vienna, Austria
• 1981 – 1985 mechanical and industrial engineering while employed, Höhere Technische Lehranstalt (Higher Technical Education Institute), Austria

c)  Professional Career

• 1981 – 1983 manager of the precision inspection room and assistant manager of quality control at Vereinigte Metallwerke Wien (United Viennese Metalworks), Vienna, Austria
• 1983 – 1995 director for quality control, plant director and proxy holder (Gesamtprokurist) at Hirtenberger AG, Hirtenberg, Austria
• 1995 – 2001 President of Magna Europe AG, Oberwaltersdorf, Austria
• 1999 – 2001 Vice Chairman of Magna International Inc., Toronto, Canada
• 2001 – 2002 President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Magna Steyr AG, Graz, Austria
• 2002 – 2005 Executive Vice Chairman of Magna International Inc., Toronto, Canada
• 2005 – 2010 Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Magna International Inc., Toronto, Canada
• 2010 – 2018 chairman of the board of directors of Russian Machines LLC, Moscow, Russia
• 2016 – 2018 member of the supervisory board of UC RUSAL Plc, Nicosia, Cyprus
• 2010 – 2019 chairman of the supervisory board of OJSC Gaz Group, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

d)  Memberships in domestic supervisory boards which are to be established pursuant to statutory law

• Schaeffler AG, Herzogenaurach
• Continental AG, Hanover

e)  Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises

• Banque Eric Sturdza SA, Geneva, Switzerland
• MIBA AG, Mitterbauer Beteiligungs AG, Laakirchen, Austria (according to § 28a paragraph 5 no. 5 of the Austrian Banking Act (Bankwesengesetz) a single supervisory board activity)
• Sberbank Europe AG, Vienna, Austria (chairman)