Governance & ESG

Year of Birth: 1964

Nationality: German

Initial Appointment: January 2023

Appointed until: December 2025

Function: Member of the Executive Board and CEO

Professional Career: Joerg Tewes joined Exasol as CEO at the beginning of 2023. He spent the first 12 years of his career at data management software company Poet Holdings – today part of HCL/Actian Corporation – supporting the company through its early growth stages to its IPO at the German stock exchange. He relocated to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2007 and continued to pursue his career in general management roles at Avid Technology Inc. and Logitech International. In 2014, he joined video and augmented reality start-up Avegant as CEO, where he raised $50M in venture capital funding and strategically expanded the company’s product offerings. From 2018 – 2022, Joerg Tewes held senior leadership roles at Amazon, driving the development and commercialization of its tablet, e-reader and video communication technologies. Joerg Tewes is an active angel investor and mentor to technology start-ups.

Academic Career: Joerg Tewes holds a degree in computer science from the Technical University in Berlin, Germany.

Further Appointments and Mandates: No further appointments or mandates

As of August 30th, 2024

Year of Birth: 1977

Nationality: German

Initial Appointment: September 2021

Appointed until: August 2027

Function: Member of the Executive Board and CFO

Professional Career: Jan-Dirk Henrich joined Exasol in September 2021 as Member of the Executive Board and CFO. He leads all finance related departments including Accounting, Controlling, Legal/Compliance and Investor Relations as well as the Human Resources functions. Jan-Dirk brings along 20 years of professional experience in the areas of General Management, Finance and Strategy/M&A, thereof 4 years in deployments in Asia and the US. Prior to joining Exasol, he worked as Vice President Controlling and Business Intelligence at publicly listed NEW WORK SE, a leading provider of HR Tech and Professional Networking services in the DACH region.

Academic Career: Jan-Dirk Henrich studied Business Administration at Otto-Beisheim Graduate School of Management (WHU) in Vallendar, Germany (German diploma). In addition, he studied at The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), London, UK, and was awarded a Master of Science in Economics.

Further Appointments and Mandates: No further appointments or mandates

As of January 9th, 2024.

Year of Birth: 1979

Nationality: German

Initial Appointment: January 2014

Appointed until: December 2025

Function: Member of the Executive Board and Chief Technology Officer

Professional Career: Mathias Golombek has been with Exasol since 2004. He initially was Head of Research & Development. In 2014, he was appointed as member of the Executive Board and Chief Technology Officer.

Academic Career: Mathias Golombek studied computer science with focus on databases, distributed systems and development processes at the University of Applied Sciences in Wuerzburg, Germany (Diploma in Computer Science).

Further Appointments and Mandates: No further appointments or mandates

As of November 8th, 2022.

Year of Birth: 1958

Nationality: German

Member since: July 2021

Elected until: AGM 2026

Practised profession: CEO of Acrolinx GmbH

Professional Career: Volker Smid has more than 25 years of management experience in the software, internet, technology and media industry. At Acrolinx, Smid contributes his extensive knowledge in Content Marketing to drive the ongoing international expansion of the Berlin-based group. Before joining Acrolinx he served as CEO of Searchmetrics and EVP Digital & Technologies at the Holtzbrinck Publishing Group. Prior to Holtzbrinck, Volker Smid was CEO of Hewlett-Packard GmbH, Vice Chairman of BITKOM, President EMEA and Asia/PAC at Novell Inc. in London, SVP Sales Midmarket Parametric Technology in Boston, Munich and Tokyo and SVP at POET Inc. in San Mateo, California. A decisive factor in his early professional development was his founding of a company with 3 partners that later grew to employ 200 persons. Volker Smid, who has a degree in Business Informatics, was also shaped by working with various major companies in all the world's key economic regions.

Academic Career: Business IT Specialist

Further Appointments and Mandates: No further appointments or mandates

Independence: In the opinion of the Supervisory Board, Volker Smid does not have any personal or business relations with Exasol AG or its group companies, the Executive Board of Exasol AG or any shareholder with a material interest in Exasol AG.

As of July 6th, 2022.

Year of Birth: 1952

Nationality: German

Member since: June 2018

Elected until: AGM 2026

Practised profession: Business economist

Professional Career: Karl Hopfner started his professional career as Commercial Director of a large German construction company before being promoted to the position of Head of Accounting and Human Resources. Mr Hopfner was full-time Managing Director of FC Bayern München e.V. between 1983 and 2002 and member of the Management Board of FC Bayern München AG from 2002 to December 2012, the last two years serving as Vice Chairman. He became a member of the Supervisory Board of FC Bayern München AG in December 2012 and was elected Chairman in September 2014. He held this position until his departure from the Supervisory Board in February 2017. Karl Hopfner was also President of FC Bayern München e.V., a member of the Board of Directors of Deutsche Fußball Liga and Deutscher Fußballbund, as well as serving on UEFA committees. From 2014 until March 2018 he was member of the supervisory board of Allianz Beratungs- und Vertriebs-AG.

Academic Career: Industrial Clerk / Business Economist

Further Appointments and Mandates:

• Honorary Managing Director of a non-profit company
• Member of the Advisory Board of Schmidbauer GmbH & Co KG.

Independence: In the opinion of the Supervisory Board, Karl Hopfner does not have any personal or business relations with Exasol AG or its group companies, the Executive Board of Exasol AG or any shareholder with a material interest in Exasol AG.

As of July 6th, 2022.

Year of Birth: 1971

Nationality: German

Member since: July 2022

Elected until: AGM 2027

Practised profession: Management Consultant

Professional Career: Linda Mihalic is an executive leader with more than 25 years of management experience in HR transformation and technology cloud sales in international corporations and start-ups. The graduate in business administration (FH) was Chief Sales Officer at Degura GmbH. There, she headed sales and was responsible for the growth strategy of the Berlin-based start-up from April 2022 to October 2024. Ms. Mihalic began her career at the US-based Oracle Group, where she successfully held several sales leadership roles in the technology sector, as Head of HR Oracle Germany and finally as Senior Sales Director EMEA Alliances & Channels Engineered System. She gained her founding experience as Co-Founder and Co-CEO at trueredo.com. Ms. Mihalic subsequently managed the sales of the cloud HCM solution Successfactors at SAP in Switzerland. Before joining Degura GmbH, she was Chief Sales Officer at Tandemploy GmbH.

Academic Career: Business Economist

Further Appointments and Mandates: No further appointments or mandates

Independence: In the opinion of the Supervisory Board, Linda Mihalic does not have any personal or business relations with Exasol AG or its group companies, the Executive Board of Exasol AG or any shareholder with a material interest in Exasol AG.

As of December 10th, 2024.

Year of Birth: 1967

Nationality: German

Member since: October 2022

Elected until: AGM 2027

Practised profession: Entrepreneur; Managing Director PEN GmbH

Professional Career: Petra Neureither is founder and managing director of PEN GmbH, a family office that focuses on small and mid caps companies in the Dach region's IT industry. Pen GmbH supports its protfolio comapnies as a long-term, entrepreneurial investor in capital market issues and networking with different stakeholders. The graduate economist was co-founder of SNP Schneider-Neureither & Partner SE and served as CFO until 2011. As Group CFO, in charge of Finance & Controlling, HR, IR and Marketing, she was not only responsible for the successful IPO but also led SNP SE trough numerous to become a globally operating group. In addition, she engaged as a member of various committees and supervisory boards for a long time and received awards for her exceptional entrepreneurial achievements and her outstanding volunteerism.

Academic Career: Graduate Economist

Further Appointments and Mandates: No further appointments or mandates

Independence: In the opinion of the Supervisory Board, Petra Neureither does not have any personal or business relations with Exasol AG or its group companies, the Executive Board of Exasol AG or any shareholder with a material interest in Exasol AG.

As of February 6th, 2024.

Year of Birth: 1966

Nationality: German

Member since: October 2022

Elected until: AGM 2027

Practised profession: Entrepreneur, Management Consultant, Interim Manager

Professional Career: Torsten Wegener has more than 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and manager in building and leading international high-growth companies, particularly in the data analytics and AI environment, the software market for platforms, products, solutions and services, and in the digital agency sector. Until March 31, 2024, he headed the Industrial & Retail Group business areas with the Automotive, Retail, Manufacturing Industry and Life Sciences business lines and the Digital Horizontals with the AI & Data Analytics, Digital Experience, Microsoft and Salesforce business lines as a member of the Executive Board of adesso SE (ETR:ADN1). He was also responsible for the associated investments of adesso and for the Smartshore & International West business area with subsidiaries in Bulgaria, India, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain, Turkey, the UK and Hungary. Before the computer scientist was appointed to the Executive Board of adesso SE, he worked for Cognizant Technology Solutions (NASDAQ: CTSH) in Germany for several years following the sale of his company C:1 Solutions GmbH to the US-based global player. He was initially responsible for the data-driven business as Vice President Artificial Intelligence & Analytics. Later, as Vice President Digital Business, he was also responsible for digital strategy, interactive, IoT and digital engineering. Torsten Wegener has many years of experience as a tech founder and managing director of his own successful IT companies in Germany and abroad (C:1 Solutions GmbH and DD SYNERGY AG).

Academic Career: Computer Scientist / Business Economist

Further Appointments and Mandates: Member of the Supervisory Board of material.one AG

Independence: In the opinion of the Supervisory Board, Torsten Wegener does not have any personal or business relations with Exasol AG or its group companies, the Executive Board of Exasol AG or any shareholder with a material interest in Exasol AG.

As of April 4th, 2024.

Year of Birth: 1966

Nationality: Austrian

Member since: July 2022

Elected until: AGM 2027

Practised profession: Management Consultant and Interim Manager

Professional Career: Dr. Wöss began his career with an apprenticeship as bank clerk and then studied international management. He is the founder and managing director of Wöss Consulting Group, a management consulting company that specializes in finance, interim management, sales, human resources & leadership, and strategy. He is also working as lecturer at Linz’s Johannes Kepler university. From 1995 to 1998, he was employed as country director of an Austrian bank insurance company, and from 1999 to 2000, he was CEO of bank insurance joint stock company in Hungary. After that, he served as a board member of an Austrian bank.

Academic Career: Doctor in international Management

Further Appointments and Mandates: No further appointments or mandates

Independence: In the opinion of the Supervisory Board, Dr. Roland Wöss does not have any personal or business relations with Exasol AG or its group companies, the Executive Board of Exasol AG or any shareholder with a material interest in Exasol AG.

As of July 6th, 2022.