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Supervisory Board Member
Reiner Hoffmann*
Member of the Supervisory Board effective October 2006, elected until 2022
Chairman of the German Trade Union Confederation
* employee representative
Curriculum Vitae
| May 30, 1955 | born in Wuppertal, Germany |
| 1972–1974 | Vocational training as a wholesale and export clerk at Hoechst AG |
| 1975–1976 | Civilian service at Wuppertal Hospital |
| 1977–1982 | Degree in economics at the University of Wuppertal, Economics Department |
| 1983 | Assistant in the Economic and Social Committee (ESC) of the European Community, Brussels, and Scientific Employee in the Economics Department at the University of Wuppertal |
| 1984–1994 | Various roles at the Hans Böckler Foundation, Düsseldorf |
| 1994–2003 | Director of the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), Brussels |
| 2003–2009 | Deputy Secretary General of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) |
| 2009–2014 | North Rhine District Secretary of the German Mining, Chemical and Energy Industrial Union, Düsseldorf |
| since 2014 | Chairman of the German Trade Union Confederation |