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Dipl.-Ing. Volker Pape

Volker Pape

Dipl.-Ing. Volker Pape

Profession:
Managing Partner of HPC Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, independent business consultant and Chairman of the Productronic department in the German Mechanical Engineering Industry Association (VDMA)

Place of residence:
Hanover, Germany

Since 30 May 2018:
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Viscom AG

Personal data:

Date of birth:
2 October 1955

Place of birth: 
Osnabrück, Germany

Nationality:
German

Education:
Studied electrical engineering at the University of Hanover

 

 

 

Career:

  • 1984:
    Established GbR für Industrielle Bildverarbeitung with Martin Heuser, which was transformed into Viscom Industrielle Bildverarbeitung GmbH two years later
  • Since 2000:
    Active member of the VDMA
  • Since 2000:
    Managing Partner of HPC Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, Hanover
  • 2001 to 2018:
    Volker Pape was appointed to the Executive Board when the company was transformed into Viscom AG in 2001. In this capacity, he was responsible for the areas of Sales, International Business and Corporate Development
  • 2003 to 2005:
    Chairman of the Industrial Image Processing department in the VDMA
  • 2005 to 2009:
    Chairman of the Productronic Association in the VDMA
  • Since 2012:
    Member of the Executive Board of the Productronic Association in the VDMA
  • Since 2013:
    Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hanover Centre for Optical Technology (HOT) at the University of Hanover
  • Since 2017:
    Chairman of the Productronic department in the VDMA
  • Since 2019:
    Member of the International Advisory Committee (IAC) of the PhoenixD Cluster of Excellence at the University of Hanover

Relevant expertise, skills and experience:
Mr Volker Pape is a recognised expert in the fields of electrical engineering and information technology. He has many years of industry experience in the field of industrial image processing for electronics manufacturing. As the founder and a former member of the Executive Board of Viscom AG, Mr Volker Pape has both a technical background and many years of experience of actively managing the company, and enhances the Supervisory Board’s insight into the company’s operational processes. As a former member of the Executive Board of Viscom AG, Mr Volker Pape was directly involved in the management of the Group’s various international branches and subsidiaries. He also has expertise in the field of auditing and accounting thanks to his years of work as a member of the executive board of a listed company and his many years as a member of the three-person Supervisory Board of Viscom AG, which also constitutes the Audit Committee entrusted with accounting and audit oversight.

Membership of statutory German supervisory boards:
None

Membership of comparable executive bodies of companies in Germany or abroad:
None

Material activities in addition to the above mandates and the Supervisory Board mandate:
Managing Partner of HPC Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, independent business consultant and Chairman of the Productronic department in the VDMA

Disclosures in accordance with Recommendation C.13 of the German Corporate Governance Code (GCGC)
Since 1 July 2018, Mr Volker Pape and the company have had a long-term consulting agreement that goes beyond the scope of the consulting and monitoring duties performed by Mr Volker Pape as a member of the Supervisory Board of the company, hence this agreement is remunerated separately. The aim of the consulting agreement is to continue to utilise the contractor’s experience and knowledge for the benefit of the Executive Board following his many years of successful work for the company and to retain the contractor as a consultant in the long term. The consultancy agreement was entered into at market conditions.
Mr Volker Pape is a former member of the Executive Board of Viscom AG and has been a member of the Supervisory Board since 30 May 2018. He was nominated in accordance with section 100(2) sentence 1 no. 4 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) at the proposal of the shareholder HPC Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, Hanover, which holds more than 25% of the voting rights in the company. The Supervisory Board endorsed this nomination. As no other former members of the Executive Board sit on the Supervisory Board of Viscom AG, Mr Volker Pape’s election is consistent with Recommendation C.11 of the GCGC, which states that the Supervisory Board should not consist of more than two former members of the Executive Board.

As at October 2023