Corporate Governance

EGGER has been a family business since its establishment, more than 50 years ago. The owners of the EGGER Holzwerkstoffe Group are mainly members of the Egger family, as well as the EGGER Group Management Under company law, the EGGER Holzwerkstoffe Group has a social capital group structure.

The EGGER Holzwerkstoffe GmbH functions as the parent company. From an organisational point of view, the Group is led by the company management, which is advised on operative daily business by a supervisory board. In addition, there is division and plant management.

Responsibilities and competences are assigned primarily by rules of procedure. Competences and the need for supervisory approval are regulated depending on the procedural importance.

The supervisory board functions as a strategic committee. Members of this supervisory board are Michael Egger and Fritz Egger (left to right in the photo), Dr. Robert Briem, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ewald Aschauer, Michael Stiehl, and Alfred Wurmbrand.

The management of EGGER Holzwerkstoffe GmbH consists of Walter Schiegl (CTO, Production, Technology, and Purchasing), Ulrich Bühler (CSO, Marketing, Sales, and Communication) and Thomas Leissing (Management speaker, CFO, Finances, Logistics, and Human Resources).

Managers are also members of EGGER Group management.
Please find additional information regarding members here.

We rely on management teams to run our organizational units. There is one person each responsible for production and technology, marketing and sales, logistics as well as finance and administration. This applies to Group Management, Division Management and all regional Plant Management teams. In addition, there are staff members responsible for technology, production, purchasing, marketing, communication, sales controlling, IT, logistics, human resources, accounting, treasury, legal & taxes.

EGGER has an internal control system to support the efficiency of company processes and increasing the reliability of financial reporting and compliance with relevant legislation. In the context of the corporate audit through an external auditor, one company department receives special attention every year.

EGGER performs regular internal audits in the sense of a continuous improvement of process organisation and process optimisation.