Executive Board and Supervisory Board of PCC SE
Chairman of the Executive Board of PCC SE
Dr. Peter Wenzel (61) has held management positions at PCC since 2003. He has been Chairman of the Executive Board of PCC SE since August 31, 2021, and is primarily responsible for corporate and project development as well as sustainability, which is becoming an increasingly important strategic focus for the PCC Group. He also holds several other positions within the PCC Group, for example as a member of the Board of Directors of the US companies PCC Chemicals Corporation and PCC GulfChem Corporation, as well as the Icelandic and Malaysian subsidiaries PCC BakkiSilicon hf. (Chairman) and PCG PCC Oxyalkylates Sdn. Bhd.
Executive Board Member
Dr. rer. oec. (BY) Alfred Pelzer (66) has been active in management positions at PCC since 1995.
As a member of the Management Board of PCC SE, he has been responsible for the operative areas of chemical production, PCC’s main source of revenue, as well as logistics and sales since August 31, 2021, as previously in his role as Managing Director and Deputy Chairman of the Administrative Board (2007
to 2021). He holds several mandates within the PCC Group, including at the production companies PCC Rokita SA (Chairman), PCC Exol SA, PCC MCAA Sp. S.A. (Chairman), and at the logistics companies, PCC Intermodal S.A. (Chairman) and PCC Autochem Sp. z o.o. (Chairman).
Executive Board Member
Riccardo Koppe (46) joined PCC in 2008 in Group Controlling, taking over its management in 2012. Since 2020, he has been Chief Financial Officer of PCC SE. As of July 1, 2024, as a member of the Management Board of PCC SE, he is primarily responsible for the areas of Finance, Public Relations, and Human Resources, in addition to his position as CFO. He also holds several other mandates within the PCC Group, for example, as Managing Director
of PCC Intermodal GmbH, as well as as a member of the Supervisory Board of PCC Energetyka Blachownia Sp. z o.o. and a member of the Board of Directors of PCC GulfChem Corporation, as well as PCC BakkiSilicon hf.
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PCC SE
In 1993, Waldemar Preussner (67) founded Petro
Carbo Chem Rohstoffhandelsgesellschaft mbH
(now PCC Trade & Services GmbH) to leverage
his many years of experience in Eastern Europe
and capitalize on the new opportunities in the
markets opening up there. This is the nucleus of
today’s PCC Group. The holding company PCC AG was
spun off in 1998 and converted into a European
public limited company SE in 2007. Waldemar
Preussner is the sole shareholder and Chairman of the
Supervisory Board of PCC SE. He also holds several
other supervisory board mandates in the PCC Group,
especially at PCC Exol SA (Chairman) and PCC Rokita SA.
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PCC SE
Dr. Hans-Josef Ritzert (66) has been Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PCC SE since 2021. Prior to this, Dr. Ritzert was already associated with the PCC Group as a consultant. He is a chemist and has previously held positions such as Managing Director of Evonik Nutrition Care GmbH and Head of Evonik’s China organization. In addition to his role at PCC SE, he holds various mandates outside the company, including his advisory activities for chemical companies and private equity firms. He serves as a member of the Supervisory Board of Röhm GmbH, a member of the Board of Directors of Locus Fermentation Solutions, and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Polyvantis GmbH.
Member of the Supervisory Board of PCC SE
Ulrike Warnecke (63) has been a member of the Supervisory Board of PCC SE since July 1, 2024, and is also the Deputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of PCC Consumer Products S.A. She has held management positions at PCC since the company’s foundation in 1993. As a member of the Management Board of PCC SE (August 31, 2021 to June 30, 2024) and previously as Managing Director (2007 to 2021), she was responsible for
the areas of finance, human resources, and public relations. Her operational responsibilities included, in particular, the Group’s trading business, and she held several management positions.