Governing Bodies

Management Board

Peter Boder
CEO

Peter-Matthias Boder (born 1965) began his studies in business administration at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster in 1986, majoring in distribution and retail management. During this time, he co-founded DUKE GmbH, Münster, and assumed the responsibilities of Managing Partner. Having successfully completed his university studies (degree of Diplom-Kaufmann) in 1990, he established UNITEDLABELS GmbH, where he held the position of Managing Partner. Between 1998 and 1999, he established the foreign subsidiaries UNITEDLABELS France S.L., UNITEDLABELS Benelux B.V. and UNITEDLABELS Ibérica S.A. Peter-Matthias Boder has been Chairman of the Management Board of UNITEDLABELS AG since April 2000.

Albert Hirsch
Member of the Board

Following his Abitur, Albert Hirsch (born 1962) took up his studies in Business Administration, majoring in Marketing and Statistics, at the University of Münster. He completed the programme in 1988 and was awarded the degree of Diplom-Kaufmann. After managerial roles with Ashton-Tate, Gerolsteiner Brunnen, Bad Pyrmonter and Hussel Süßwarenfachgeschäfte GmbH, Albert Hirsch was appointed spokesperson of the Management Board of buch.de internetstores AG in Münster, where he was responsible for Marketing, Purchasing, Sales, Human Resources, Customer Service, Investor Relations and PR. In January 2012, the 49-year-old became co-owner and general manager of Elfen-Service GmbH, a subsidiary of UNITEDLABELS AG.

Supervisory Board

Dr. Jens Hausmann
Chairman of the supervisory board

Lawyer, Hausmann & Müller Rechtsanwälte, Münster

Dr. Jens Hausmann (born 1965) studied law at the University of Münster and received a doctorate in the field of commercial law. Upon successful completion of his Second State Examination, he completed a masters degree course at the Law School of the University of Georgia, USA, majoring in US commercial and company law. In 1994, he joined the law firm Dr. Hallermann & Partner in Münster, Germany. From 1999 to 2000, he was Managing Director of Karl Schäfer & Co. GmbH, a construction company based in Ibbenbüren. From 2000 to 2001, he held the position of Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Applied Sciences Gelsenkirchen. In 2001, Dr. Jens Hausmann established his own law firm, which has evolved into Hausmann & Müller Rechtsanwälte.

Prof. Dr. Helmut Roland
Member of the supervisory board

Rating Analyst, St. Gallen
FR Finance Relations AG, Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO

Prof. Dr. Helmut Roland (born 1950) studied business administration at the University of Göttingen and received his doctorate (Dr. rer. pol.) in 1979. Having embarked on a career in the industrial sector (Daimler-Benz AG), Prof. Dr. Roland joined Gothaer, a major insurance company, in 1981. In 1986, he was appointed member of the Management Board of the Concordia insurance group, where he was responsible for Controlling, Investment Activities, Information Technology, Organisation and Legal Affairs. In 1994, he was appointed CFO and member of the Group Management Board of TUI. Following the takeover of TUI by Preussag AG, Prof. Dr. Roland became self-employed. In 2004, he established FR Finance Relations AG, Switzerland, a rating agency that focuses on small and medium-sized enterprises and operates the Rating Academy St. Gallen. Since 1999, Prof. Dr. Roland has also been working as an adjunct professor at the private University of Applied Sciences Göttingen.

Gert-Maria Freimuth
Member of the supervisory board

MBB Industries AG, Berlin

Gert-Maria Freimuth, born 1965, married, with three children, and currently residing in Münster, has been the Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of MBB Industries AG, Berlin, an investment company listed in the Prime Standard, since 1997. He is also one of the founding shareholders of MBB Industries. In addition to directing Mergers & Acquisitions, he is responsible for Legal Affairs and Corporate Identity within the company. Freimuth studied Business/Economics and Christian Social Ethics at the University of Münster. Until 1994, he held a position with the accountancy and consulting firm Price Waterhouse, where his focus was on Corporate Finance. From 1994 to 1996, he worked as a senior manager at BDO Structured Finance GmbH. Gert-Maria Freimuth is the Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Delignit AG, Blomberg, as well as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board of DTS AG, Herford. Additionally, he is an active member of several church committees.