Maria Dietz

Member of the Audit Committee

Former Director of Group Purchase at GFT

Biography

Member of the Administrative Board since:

18.08.2015

Personal data:

Date of birth: 02.03.1962
Place of birth: Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany
Nationality: German

Education

1982-1985

Studied general business administration in the field of industry at the DHBW (The Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University, then: Berufsakademie), Villingen-Schwenningen

Focus: finance and accounting as well as international marketing
Degree: Diplom-Betriebswirtin

Professional career
1985-1988	Marketing and Export Specialist at GAS Gesellschaft für Antriebs- und Steuerungstechnik, St. Georgen
1988-1989	Marketing consultant at Atlantic Consultants GmbH, Munich
1989-1990	Marketing Manager of Wesser Informatik GmbH, Stuttgart
1990-1998	Partner and Commercial Director of Gesellschaft für Technologietransfer GmbH, St. Georgen
1998-2004	Head of Human Resources and Marketing of GFT Technologies AG, St. Georgen
2004-2010	Head of Legal and Corporate Audit of GFT Technologies AG, Stuttgart
2010-2015	Head of Global Purchasing at GFT Technologies AG, Stuttgart
seit 2015	Member of the Administrative Board of GFT Technologies SE, Stuttgart

Expertise / Focus areas

Management activities in capital market-oriented companies, committee expertise, in particular through memberships in supervisory committees of international family-owned companies in the areas of IT, medical technology and education, value-based management, technology, IT services, human resources, finance and accounting including accounting and balance sheet analysis, internal audit, mergers & acquisitions, ESG, corporate governance

Membership of statutory supervisory boards:

Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck, publicly listed (Member of the Supervisory Board)
Drägerwerk Verwaltungs AG, Lübeck (Member of the Supervisory Board)
Dräger Safety AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck (Member of the Supervisory Board)
Ernst Klett Aktiengesellschaft, Stuttgart (Member of the Supervisory Board)
LBBW Asset Management Investmentgesellschaft mbh, Stuttgart (Member of the Supervisory Board)

Other significant activities:

Member of the University Council of HFT Stuttgart
Member of the Advisory Board of the Head Office of the Deutsche Bundesbank in Baden-Württemberg
Lay judge at the District Court of Stuttgart
Member of the "Jugend gründet" jury