Jürgen Kerner

Personal Data

• Year of birth: 1969

• Nationality: German

Education

• apprenticeship as information systems engineer

Career

• 1986-1995 youth and apprentices’ representative, then full-time member of works council and head of shop stewards at Siemens AG Augsburg

• Since 1995 trade union officer at IG Metall Local Office in Augsburg

• 2004-2011 president of the IG Metall Local Office in Augsburg (since 2000 vice-president)

• Since 2011 member of the Executive Committee of IG Metall and

• 2013-2023 Treasurer of IG Metall, responsible for IG Metall finances and assets and for coordinating sector policies and for the Siemens Group

• Since 2023 Member of the Executive Board an 2nd Chairman of IG Metall

Membership of supervisory boards within the meaning of § 125 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG)

^{(as of October 1, 2025)}

• thyssenkrupp AG (since 2020, appointed until 2024) ^*)

• MAN Truck & Bus SE

• Siemens AG ^*)

• Siemens Energy AG ^*)

• TRATON SE ^*)

^{*) Company listed on the stock exchange}