Executive Board

The Executive Board of Linde AG manages the company and conducts its business. It is bound to the interests of the company and is responsible for achieving sustainable increases in the value of the company. It decides on the strategic direction of the company, obtains the Supervisory Board's approval of this, and ensures that the overall strategy is implemented.

You can find more information about the Management Functions of the Executive Board here.

		Professor Dr Wolfgang Reitzle (Chief Executive Officer) Responsible for the following global and central functions: Innovation Management, Communications & Investor Relations, Performance Transformation, Group Information Services, Corporate Strategy, Group Human Resources, Group Legal, Internal Audit, SHEQ (Safety, Health, Environment, Quality), Gist more
		Professor Dr Aldo Belloni Responsible for the Engineering Division, the operating segment EMEA (Europe, Middle Eastern, Africa) and the Global Business Unit Tonnage (on-site) more
		Thomas Blades Responsible for the operating segment Americas, the Global Business Unit Healthcare and the Business Area Merchant & Packaged Gases (liquefied and cylinder gases) more
		Georg Denoke Responsible for the following global and central functions: Capital Expenditure, Financial Control, Growth & Performance, Group Accounting & Reporting, Group Treasury, Mergers & Acquisitions, Procurement, Risk Management, Tax, Insurance as well as for Finance/Controlling for the segments EMEA, Americas, Asia/Pacific, Human Resources Director more
		Sanjiv Lamba Responsible for the operating segment Asia Pacific, the Asian Joint Ventures and the Business Area Electronics (electronic gases) more

as of 09-03-2012