SMT Scharf AG announced that the Supervisory Board that was newly elected by the AGM on May 7 of the company convened for the first time. Michael Reich was appointed Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Reich has held various managerial positions in the mining sector and its supply industry for the last 26 years.

From 2002 until 2007, he was CEO Europe and CIS at the mining and tunnel construction company Minova Carbo Tech GmbH, from 2007 until 2011 CEO of Minova International and Member of the Managing Board at its Australian parent company Orica based in Melbourne, Australia. Reich is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of DSI-DYWIDAG International as well, which also operates in underground mining. Hans Joachim Theiss (46), who was elected Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board.

He has more than ten years of experience as a management consultant. From 2001, Theiss first was Chairman of the Supervisory Board, and from 2006 was a Member of the Management Board, before becoming CEO in 2007 of KSR K-bler Niveau-Messtechnik AG. Since 2013, Theiss has been an independent consultant to medium-sized companies.

The third Member of the Supervisory Board is Dr.-Ing. Dirk Vorsteher (62), first held managerial positions at FAG Kugelfischer KGaA, a leading producer of roller bearings. Between 1995 and 2007, Dr. Vorsteher was Managing Director with responsibility for technology and production at DBT Deutsche Bergbau-Technik GmbH, the former parent company of SMT Scharf, which forms part of Caterpillar.

Since 2010, Dr. Vorsteher has acted as an independent consultant.