The new Labor Director Michael Bernhardt, who was appointed to the Executive Board of Bilfinger SE in September, took up his position on November 1, 2015. Michael Bernhardt comes from the former Bayer Material Science AG, currently Covestro AG, where he held the same position. Also on November 1, 2015, Olaf Schneider assumed the position of General Counsel, and also took over as Head of Corporate Legal & Insurance at Bilfinger SE.

He succeeds Dr. Nils Anderson, who will leave the company. Olaf Schneider most recently served as General Counsel for all legal and compliance topics in the industrial sector at Siemens and was also responsible for the regions Europe, Russia and Africa for the entire group.