Lawyer / employee of Siemens AG from 1987 - 2014, honorary professor at the University of Passau since 2013.
Consultant in the central HR department of Siemens AG for the work area
‘Employee shares’ (1987 - 1990).
1993/1994: Project officer for the implementation of the social package agreed in the purchase agreement between the Polish Ministry of Privatisation and Siemens AG for the acquired companies ZWUT S.A. in Warsaw and ELWRO S.A. in Wroclaw: including ‘Promotion of the acquisition of employee shares by agreement with the company trade unions’.
As Chairman of the Group Spokespersons' Committee, lead negotiator with
management for employee share agreements (2006 - 2014).
Since 2015 Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of the employee shareholders' association
‘WIR für SIEMENS e.V.’.
Since 2016 Advisory Board of the EVONIK AG Employee Shareholders' Association.
Initiator and author of the commemorative publication ‘50 years (1969- 2019) of employee shares at SIEMENS’.
Publications
Author of numerous articles in labour law journals and publications
- ‘Capital participation for employees’ (AuA special edition 2009, p. 61).
- ‘From employee to co-owner’ (AuA special edition 2009, p. 64).
- ‘Belegschaftsaktien in deutschen Gro?unternehmen’ (DFK-Perspektiven 1/2019)
- ‘Mitarbeiterkapitalbeteiligung in Europa’ (AuA 5/2019).
- ‘Remuneration through employee share ownership’ (Maschmann, Total Compensation).
- ‘Shares for employees’ (Maschmann/Sieg/G?pfert).
Speaker on employee share ownership in Germany and Europe.
Co-author (lead: Prof. Dr Thomas Steger, University of Regensburg) for two studies of the Hans B?ckler Foundation:
- Belegschaftsaktien und Belegschaftsaktion?re in deutschen Gro?unternehmen -
Challenges and opportunities for co-determination.
- State framework conditions for employee share ownership in Europe