Governance & ESG

Find out more about our policies & statutes, our boards, the AGM and our sustainability efforts

Policies & Statutes

Exasol AG’s Corporate Governance

Exasol AG understands a responsible and transparent Corporate Governance as a central challenge and indispensable prerequisite for the creation of sustainable value for all relevant stakeholders (shareholders, customers, employees, business partners and the public).

Corporate Governance Structure

Exasol AG is a German stock corporation and as such has a two-tier management and oversight structure consisting of a Executive Board and a Supervisory Board. The third central body of the company is the General Meeting of Shareholders. The areas of responsibility of these three bodies are regulated in the German stock corporation law and by the statutes of Exasol AG.
In addition to the statutory responsibilities and the internal and external control and monitoring mechanisms, the Executive Board and the Supervisory Board also believe that effective corporate governance includes upholding and respecting our values, guidelines and corporate principles.

Articles of Association of Exasol AG, version dated 6. August 2024

The basic conditions framing Exasol AG’s set-up in corporation law terms are contained in the Articles of Association, f.ex. definition of the corporate purpose, the amount of capital stock, the share class, the organization of the Executive Board and Supervisory Board etc. Only the General Meeting of Shareholders can amend the content of the Articles of Association, and any changes must be carried by a majority of the votes cast as well as a majority of the share capital represented when the resolution is adopted.

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Rules of Procedure for the Supervisory Board of Exasol AG

The Supervisory Board conducts its business in accordance with the provisions of the law, the Articles of Association, and its Rules of Procedure.

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Code of Conduct for Employees

Exasol strives to approach all of its business activities responsibly, ethically and with integrity.
At the heart of good corporate governance are our key corporate principles – maintaining a culture of integrity, transparency and compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, resulting in good corporate governance.
Exasol has developed a Code of Conduct for all employees and managers to turn these principles into action. It describes the basic commitments and expectations that should be reflected in our daily work to keep Exasol compliant and successful. This Code of Conduct is part of all employment contracts and has to be confirmed by every employee.

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Code of Conduct for Suppliers and Business Partners

Exasol takes compliance with global standards and best practices very seriously and expects its suppliers and other business partners (e.g. contractors, consultants, partners) to commit to the same high standards and best practices of ethical business conduct as defined in this Code of Conduct for Suppliers and Business Partners. This Code of Conduct is part of the internal risk-based (sector, size, type of work etc.) third-party management, which includes risk assessments and documented approval and selection processes for suppliers and business partners. Employees involved in procurement are especially trained on these standards.

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Internal Guidelines and Principles to Strengthen Ethical Business Practices, including Whistleblowing Process

Exasol has, as part of its Compliance and Risk Management System and Integrated Management System, established internal guidelines and policies that all employees have been informed about, trained on, and must agree to. These include, among others, anti-corruption and bribery, handling of gifts, benefits and potential conflicts of interest, handling of data, IT security and related topics. Exasol regularly conducts audits of its ethical standards (Code of Conduct, Anti-Corruption and Bribery Policy etc.).
There is also a clearly defined and communicated whistleblowing process that allows employees and externals to report compliance incidents (also) anonymously and with ensured non-retaliation.
Access to be requested via compliance@exasol.com.

Executive Board

Get to know our Executive Board

Joerg Tewes

Joerg Tewes

Member of the Executive Board and CEO

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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

Jan-Dirk Henrich

Jan-Dirk Henrich

Member of the Executive Board and CFO

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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.

Mathias Golombek

Mathias Golombek

Member of the Executive Board and Chief Technology Officer

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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.

Supervisory Board

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Volker Smid

Volker Smid

Chairman of the supervisory board

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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.

 

Karl Hopfner

Karl Hopfner

Deputy Chairman of the supervisory board
Chairman of the Audit Committeettee

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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.

Linda Mihalic

Linda Mihalic

Member of the supervisory board

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Year of Birth: 1971

Nationality: German

Member since: July 2022

Elected until: AGM 2027

Practised profession: Chief Sales Officer, Degura GmbH

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) is Chief Sales Officer at Degura GmbH. There, she has headed sales since April 2022 and is responsible for the growth strategy of the Berlin-based start-up. 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 July 6th, 2022.

Petra Neureither

Petra Neureither

Member of the supervisory board
Member of the Audit Committee

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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.

Torsten Wegener

Torsten Wegener

Member of the supervisory board

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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.

Dr. Roland Wöss

Dr. Roland Wöss

Member of the supervisory board
Member of the Audit Committee

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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.

Annual General Meeting

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Virtual Annual General Meeting 2024

The vitrual Annual General Meeting of Exasol AG took place on Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. CEST. Detailed information and related documents are available on this page.

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Voting results (German only)
Invitation to the Annual General Meeting 2024
Information pursuant to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1212 for the notification under section 125 AktG
Annual Report 2023
Annual Financial Statements 2023 of Exasol AG (German only)
Supervisory Board Report 2023
Comparison version of the Articles of Association
Report of the Executive Board on agenda item 5
Report of the Executive Board on agenda item 6
Articles of Association of Exasol AG
Sample Attendance Notification form (German only)
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Virtual Annual General Meeting 2023

The virtual Annual General Meeting of Exasol AG took place on Friday, June 23, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. CEST. Detailed information and related documents are available on this page.

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Voting results (German only)
Invitation to the Annual General Meeting 2023
Information pursuant to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1212 for the notification under section 125 AktG
Annual Report 2022
Annual Financial Statements 2022 of Exasol AG (only in German)
Supervisory Board Report 2022
Report of the Executive Board on agenda item 5
Comparison version of the Articles of Association
Articles of Association of Exasol AG

Speech by CFO/COO (German only)

Speech by CEO (German only)
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Virtual Annual General Meeting 2022

The virtual Annual General Meeting of Exasol AG took place on Wednesday, July 6, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. CEST. Detailed information and related documents are available on this page.

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Voting results (German only)
Invitation to the Annual General Meeting 2022
Information pursuant to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1212 for the notification under section 125 AktG
Annual Report 2021
Annual Financial Statements 2021 of Exasol AG
Supervisory Board Report 2021
Short Curriculum Vitae of the Nominees for the Supervisory Board
Report of the Executive Board on agenda item 7
Report of the Executive Board on agenda item 8
Comparison version of the Articles of Association
Articles of Association of Exasol AG
Presentation of the Executive Board (German only)

Speech by CFO/COO (German only)

Speech by CEO (German only)
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The virtual Annual General Meeting of Exasol AG took place on Wednesday, June 30, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. CEST. Detailed information and related documents are available here.

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Voting results (German only)
Invitation to the Annual General Meeting 2021
Information pursuant to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1212 for the notification under section 125 AktG
Annual Report 2020
Annual Financial Statements 2020 of Exasol AG
Supervisory Board Report 2020
Report of the Executive Board on agenda item 7
Report of the Executive Board on agenda item 8
Report of the Executive Board regarding utilization of the Authorized Capital 2020
Short Curriculum Vitae of the Candidates for the Supervisory Board

Articles of Association of Exasol AG

Presentation of the executive board (essential content) - The spoken word of the management shall prevail at the AGM. The report of the management at the AGM will be held in German (including presentation documents in German).

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Annual General Meeting 2020

The virtual Annual General Meeting 2020 of Exasol AG took place on Wednesday, July 22, 2020 at 10:00 a.m. CEST. Detailed information and related documents are available here.

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Voting results (German only)

Invitation to the general meeting 2020 (German only)

Supervisory Board report (German only)

Articles of association (German only)

Management Board report on agenda item 5 (German only)

Management Board report on agenda item 6 (German only)

Management Board report on authorized capital (German only)

Consolidated Financial Statements 2019

Financial Statements 2019 (German only)

Sustainability & ESG

What we do today determines what the world will look like tomorrow. (Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach)

At Exasol, we believe that it is possible to have a positive impact on the world and society if every one of us does his or her best. That’s why we take the responsibility we have as a company to society very seriously. We aim to create more than just economic value through coordinated social engagement, an environmental and sustainability strategy that adapts to the circumstances, and responsible corporate governance!

UN Global Compact – Ten fundamental principles for how Exasol conducts business

Exasol aims to contribute to the fulfillment of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and considers the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact as a foundation for good and responsible business conduct. Therefore, we joined the UN Global Compact and are member of the UN Global Compact Netzwerk Deutschland e.V. Exasol shares the core values of the UN Global Compact in the areas of human rights, labor standards, environmental protection and anti-corruption and is committed to making continuous progress in these areas. Hence, we conduct regular internal assessments about our potential and actual impacts on those topics, especially on human rights and environmental protection.

Environment

Protecting our planet is close to our heart:

  • Exasol calculates its carbon footprint on an annual basis in order to be transparent about our share of CO2 emissions in this world and to identify opportunity for optimization.
  • Exasol wants to commit in line with levels required to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees, reducing its emissions for GHG Protocol Scopes 1 and 2. Furthermore, Exasol has also committed to continuous measurement and monitoring of emissions from Scope 3 in an effort to reduce these as much as possible. We have already taken various measures in support of this.
  • Among other things, the office building at our headquarters in Nuremberg and most of our smaller offices already use green electricity. In addition to the fact that some servers in our data centers already use green power, we further reduce the emissions of our core business through sustainable suppliers and service providers along our supply chain.

For more information, please see our Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2023 (download below) and our Corporate Carbon Footprint Report 2023.

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Social

  • For our employees, a very important aspect of life at Exasol is learning and development. We support our employees in an individual and structured way.
  • An integral part of the employee journey is at the very beginning with recruitment philosophy and approach. We believe in hiring the best talent using our comprehensive recruitment process to ensure a fair and diverse selection.
  • Continuously improving the employee experience is a cornerstone of our people strategy. One of our tools used to measure employee engagement is a monthly pulse survey and an annual holistic engagement survey based on a proven methodology by Gallup.
  • Exasol truly values diversity and inclusion. We have a highly engaged diversity team, diversity trainings and further important initiatives such as our regular culture talks and “women group” for networking, coaching and knowledge exchange.

For more information, please see our Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2023.

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Governance

  • For a comprehensive overview of our corporate governance structure and our policies & statutes, please refer to our Corporate Governance & ESG / Policies and Statutes page. There you will also find our internal Code of Conduct and our Code of Conduct for Suppliers and Business Partners.
  • For an overview of our current efforts in the area of Corporate Governance & Compliance (including strengthening of our training concept on the internal Code of Conduct and other ethical business practices, etc.) please take a look at the current Corporate Social Responsibility Report.

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