Intro-Text // Mitglied des Aufsichtsrats und Vorsitzende des Prüfungsausschusses der INNIO Jenbacher GmbH & Co OG, Jenbach, Österreich, und Mitglied des Verwaltungsrats und Vorsitzende des Prüfungsausschusses der u-blox AG, Thalwil, Schweiz, sowie Senior Advisor bei Advent International GmbH, Frankfurt
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Karin Sonnenmoser was born in Biberach/Riss, Germany.
Ms. Sonnenmoser holds a degree in business administration of the University of Augsburg and a master of business administration (MBA) of the University of Dayton, Ohio, USA.
Ms. Sonnenmoser startet her professional career in 1995 as trainee at Volkswagen AG. From 1996 until 2014 she worked in various functions in finance at Volkswagen, firstly until 2002 in particular in accounting and controlling. Subsequently, until 2006, she headed the General Secretariat of the brand group Volkswagen and of the CEO of Volkswagen AG before working at AutoVision GmbH, Wolfsburg, until 2010. There, she initially was the managing director responsible for finance, procurement, IT and venture capital before being promoted CEO and, thus, becoming member of the top managment of Volkswagen AG. From 2010 until 2014, Ms. Sonnenmoser was managing director in charge for finance and controlling at Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH and at Gläserne Manufaktur GmbH, Dresden, as well as commercial managing director at VW Bildungsinstitut GmbH, Zwickau.
From 2014 until 2018, Ms. Sonnenmoser was group chief financial officer at Zumtobel Group AG, Dornbirn, Austria, and, from 2019 until 2021, chief financial officer of CECONOMY AG, Düsseldorf, in both roles responsible in particular for finance and controlling as well as procurement and IT. Since July 2023, Ms. Sonnenmoser worked as senior advisor at Aurelius, Munich, and, in this context, assumed the role as CFO of LSG Group until April 2024. In 2024, Ms. Sonnenmoser was appointed as member of the Supervisory Board of RENK Group AG.
- Other current mandates:
- Member of the supervisory board and chair of the audit committee of INNIO Jenbacher GmbH & Co OG, Jenbach, Austria
- Member of the board of directors and chair of the audit committee of u-blox AG, Thalwil, Switzerland
- Previously:
- Chief financial officer of LSG Airline Catering & Retail GmbH, Neu-Isenburg (2023 to 2024)
- Member of the supervisory board and member of the audit committee of Leoni AG, Nuremberg (2022 to 2023)
- Member of the board of directors and member of the audit committee of Swiss Steel Group AG, Lucerne, Switzerland (2020 to 2022)
- Member of the supervisory board and chair of the audit committee of Vivantes Netzwerk für Gesundheit GmbH, Berlin (2014 to 2020)
- Member of the supervisory board of Schweizer Electronic AG, Rottweil (2016 to 2019)
Other than listed above, Karin Sonnenmoser has not been a member of any administrative, management or supervisory body of any other company or partnership outside the Group within the last five years.
Chairwoman of the Audit Committee