Supervisory Board
Norbert Basler
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Norbert Basler was born in Berlin on June 19, 1963. From 1983 to 1988, he studied mechanical engineering at the Clausthal Technical University majoring in electrical information technology. During his college years, Norbert Basler, together with one of his classmates, founded the Basler and Berendsen GmbH in the Lübeck technology center, which is today the Basler AG. In spring 2000 Norbert Basler left the Management Board and was elected to the Supervisory Board. He was appointed as chairman in 2003.
Further Mandates
Vice Chairman of the Advisory Board, AT-Automation Technology GmbH, Bad Oldesloe
Vice Chairman of the Advisory Board, Zöllner Holding GmbH, Kiel
Member of the Advisory Board of Buhck Umweltservices GmbH & Co. KG, Wentdorf
Board Member of NIT (Northern Institute of Technology Management), Hamburg
Horst W. Garbrecht
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Horst W.Garbrecht has been Managing Director and President Industrial of CeramTech GmbH since January 2022. After serving as Chairman of the Management Board at the head of the Nürtingen-based power tool manufacturer Metabo until June 2021. After graduating, Horst W. Garbrecht began his career in the power tool industry in 1992 with the family-owned manufacturer Festool.
In 1997, he switched to the Swedish engineering group Atlas Copco and in 2005 to the Hong Kong-Chinese power tool manufacturer TTI, where he was Technical Managing Director at AEG-Milwaukee from 2005 to 2008, responsible for the integration of the AEG and Milwaukee brands and the entire European Operations.
In September 2019, Horst W. Garbrecht was appointed Chief Operating Officer Europe (COOE) of the Japanese Metabo parent company KOKI Holdings Ltd. in parallel with his role as CEO of Metabo. He is thus also responsible for the European business of the sister brand HiKOKI.
In 2015, Horst W. Garbrecht was elected to the supervisory board of Basler AG.
WP, StB, Prof. Dr. Mirja Steinkamp
Member of the Supervisory Board
Mirja Steinkamp is a member of various supervisory boards, an auditor and a tax consultant. After several years as an audit manager with the international auditing firm Ernst & Young GmbH, she worked for 14 years as an authorized signatory and manager in a global trading company, where she was responsible for group accounting, financial reporting and the introduction/development of management reporting systems (consolidated financial statements in accordance with IFRS; IT and data security). Today, Mirja Steinkamp works full-time as a supervisory board member and is currently a member of the supervisory boards of Hochtief AG (M-Dax), Basler AG (Prime Standard), SüssMicroTec SE (S-Dax) and BarthHaas GmbH & Co. KG and thus has many years of experience as chairwoman of the audit committee in listed companies, as a member of the nomination and ESG committees and as deputy chairwoman of the supervisory board in non-listed companies.
Today, she shares her knowledge of auditing and corporate governance as a professor at Hamburg University of Applied Sciences and in the course "The Qualified Supervisory Board". Mirja Steinkamp has been appointed to the board of examiners for auditors and is taking the exam for auditors in the field of "Applied Business Administration, Economics". Mirja Steinkamp has been a Qualified Supervisory Board Member and Financial Expert since 2018 and a member of the Interfin Forum - Sustainability/ESG Supervisory Board since 2023.
Further Mandates
Board Member (Member of the Audit Committee) of HOCHTIEF AG, Essen
Board Member (Chair of the Audit Committee) of SÜSS MicroTec SE, Garching/Munich
Deputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of BarthHass GmbH & Co. KG, Nuremberg
Lennart Schulenburg
Member of the Supervisory Board
Lennart Schulenburg, born in 1989, completed his computer science studies in 2014 with a focus on image processing. From 2018 to 2020 he completed his Master of Business Administration (MBA) at ESMT in Berlin. During his studies he worked as a freelancer in sports marketing and part-time as a software developer. After his studies, he joined the family business VisiConsult X-ray Systems & Solutions GmbH, where he has been the managing director since August 2020, starting as sales manager “Global”, through sales and marketing management and as commercial manager.
Further Mandates
Since 11/22 Member of the Board of Directors of Schauenburg International GmbH, Mulheim/Ruhr
Tanja Schley
Member of the Supervisory Board
Tanja Schley, born in 1983, completed a degree in business administration (BA) from the Leibniz Academy in Hanover in 2005 and a degree in business administration (FH) from the private University of Applied Sciences for Economics and Technology in Vechta/Diepholz/Oldenburg in 2007.
Since 2008, she has been working for Basler AG as a group leader in the production engineering department of the Basler branch in Ahrensburg. Prior to her current position, Tanja Schley worked in various areas of the company, such as strategic purchasing, supplier quality manager, and team leader in production project engineering.
2023 Tanja Schley was elected by the Basler employees as employee representative on the supervisory board of Basler AG.
Alexander Jürn
Member of the Supervisory Board
Alexander Jürn, born in 1975, graduated from the University of Applied Sciences in Stralsund in 2000 with a degree in business administration, majoring in controlling/accounting and business taxation/auditing.
He has been working for Basler AG since 2011 and is Head of Finance and Accounting at the branch office in Ahrensburg. Prior to his current position, Alexander Jürn worked in the group's controlling department for three years and was in charge of the company's risk management until recently.
2023 Alexander Jürn was elected by the Basler employees as employee representative on the supervisory board of Basler AG.