Executive Board

Vossloh‘s Executive Board

Vossloh AG’s Executive Board is made up of three members. It determines the company’s strategic orientation, and makes portfolio decisions and major decisions regarding the Group’s organization and financing. The Executive Board is focused on sustainably increasing the shareholder value.

Oliver Schuster

born 1964, member of Vossloh’s Executive Board since March 2014, Chairman of Vossloh’s Executive Board since October 2019, appointed until 2030, responsible in particular for the corporate departments Strategy and M&A, Media Relations, Legal and Compliance, IT and Digital Business, Innovation and Research & Development, Personnel as well as Internal Auditing

Biography Oliver Schuster
  
since 2019Vossloh AG, Werdohl, Chairman of the Executive Board
since 2014Vossloh AG, Werdohl, Executive Board member
2012 - 2013SKW Stahl- Metallurgie Holding AG, Munich, Executive Board member
2000 - 2012Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, group controlling and commercial management of various business segments
1996 - 2000PwC Deutsche Revision AG, München, Auditing
1994 - 1995Burret & Burret, Ludwigshafen, Auditing
1988 - 1994Studied Business Administration at the University of Mannheim and at the University of Applied Science of Rhineland-Palatinate in Ludwigshafen

Dr. Thomas Triska

born 1975, Assistant to Vossloh’s CEO/CFO starting from February 2009, Head of Corporate Controlling from July 2011, additionally Head of Corporate Development from November 2014 until March 2017 as well as Head of Corporate Communications from April 2017 until September 2019, Director Finance from November 2019, Member of Vossloh’s Executive Board and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since November 2020, appointed until October 2028, responsible in particular for the corporate departments Accounting and Taxes, Controlling, Treasury as well as Investor Relations

Biography Dr. Thomas Triska
  
since 2020Vossloh AG, Werdohl, Member of the Executive Board and Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
2019 – 2020Vossloh AG, Werdohl, Director Finance responsible for the corporate departments Controlling, Accounting, Treasury and Internal Auditing
2011 – 2019Vossloh AG, Werdohl, Head of Controlling and additionally Head of Corporate Development (2014 until 2017) and Head of Corporate Communications (2017 until 2019)
2009 – 2011 Vossloh AG, Werdohl, Assistant to the CEO/CFO
2005 – 2008ThyssenKrupp AG, Düsseldorf, Corporate Department Controlling
1996 – 2005Studies in Business Administration as well as Phd in the field of Business Economics at the University of Münster

Jan Furnivall

born 1976, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer starting from April 2015, additionally Head of Corporate Strategy from November 2019, Member of Vossloh’s Executive Board and Chief Operating Officer (COO) since November 2020, appointed until October 2028, responsible in particular for the corporate departments Sales, Technics, EHS/Sustainability as well as Marketing Communications

Biography Jan Furnivall
  
since 2020Vossloh AG, Werdohl, Member of the Executive Board and Chief Operating Officer (COO)
2019 – 2020Vossloh AG, Werdohl, Head of Corporate Strategy, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
2015 – 2019Vossloh AG, Werdohl, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
2013 – 2015Simona AG, Kirn, General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
2006 – 2013Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Düsseldorf, attorney-at-law Corporate / M&A with stage in New York
2004 – 2006 Legal clerkship at Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf with stages and secondary employments at Hengeler Mueller, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer and in Cape Town, South Africa, second state examination
1998 – 2004Studies in Business Administration at the University of Osnabrück
1997 – 2002Studies in Law and first state examination as well as additional training in Business Economics (1997 – 2000) at the University of Osnabrück