Ms. Martina Merz is a Chief Executive Officer at ThyssenKrupp AG, an Independent Director at Imerys SA, an Independent Director at Volvo AB, a Vice Chairman at SAF-HOLLAND SE, a Chairman at thyssenkrupp Elevator Europe Africa GmbH and a Chairman-Supervisory Board at SAF-HOLLAND GmbH.

She is on the Board of Directors at Imerys SA, Volvo AB and SAF-HOLLAND SE. Ms. Merz was previously employed as an Independent Non-Executive Director by Bekaert SA, a Member-Supervisory Board by Deutsche Lufthansa AG, a Chief Executive Officer & Director by Chassis Brakes International BV, a Member-Management Board by Brose Fahrzeugteile GmbH & Co. KG, a Chief Executive Officer by Robert Bosch Schliesssysteme GmbH, a Vice President-Chassis System Sales & Marketing by Robert Bosch GmbH, a Chief Executive Officer by Bosch Foundation Brakes, and an Executive Vice President-Sales & Marketing by Robert Bosch LLC.

She received her undergraduate degree from Universität Stuttgart and an undergraduate degree from Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Villingen-Schwenningen.