Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is the decision making panel of the CLAAS Foundation. They discuss and decide on new projects in order to realize the Foundation’s objectives.
Cathrina Claas-Mühlhäuser
- born 1975
- Apprenticeship as Industrial Clerk
- Studies of Business Administration at University of St. Gallen (CH)
- Since 2010 Chairwoman of Supervisory Board of CLAAS KGaA mbH
- Since 2001 Member and since 2020 Chairwoman of Shareholders' Committee of the CLAAS KGaA mbH
- Since 2021 Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of the Claas-Stiftung
Dr. Thomas Barrelmeyer
- born 1965
- study of mechanical engineering at the TU Braunschweig
- teaching and dissertation at the University of Stuttgart/Vaihingen (1996)
- since 1998 with CLAAS, CSE (until 2004 Advanced Development combine harvesters; until 2018 Head of Development LEXION; until 2023 Senior Vice President Service Unit Engineering of Business Unit Grain)
- since October 2023 Senior Vice President Global Engineering Self-propelled Harvesters of Service Unit Engineering
- since 2024 Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Claas-Stiftung
Christian Radons
- born 1976
- Studies of Business Administration and studies of Agricultural Management
- since 2000 within the CLAAS Group
- since 2021 Member of the CLAAS Group Executive Board and responsible for the Business Unit Sales and Services
- since 2023 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Claas-Foundation
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Böttinger
- born. 1959
- Engineering course, focus on agricultural machinery at the University of Stuttgart
- Head of Development at AGROCOM, Bielefeld
- Since 2005 Professor at the Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Basics of Agricultural Engineering at the University of Hohenheim
Dr. James Brighton
- born 1970
- studied Agricultural Engineering
- Dissertation at Cranfield University (1997) and lecturer since then
- Received Ford Motor Company European Technical Achievement Award 2007 Achievement Award 2007