Executive Board and Supervisory Board of PCC SE

Executive Board of PCC SE

Dr. Peter Wenzel
CEO/Chairman of the Executive Board

Dr. Peter Wenzel (60) has been working in senior positions at PCC since 2003. He has been Chairman of the Management Board of PCC SE since August 31, 2021, and is primarily responsible for corporate and project development on the board, as well as the increasingly important topic of sustainability, which is moving more and more into the strategic focus of the PCC Group. He also holds several other management and supervisory board mandates within the PCC Group, for example as Managing Director of PCC Chemicals GmbH and PCC Integrated Chemistries GmbH, as well as a member of the supervisory board of our Icelandic and Malaysian subsidiaries PCC BakkiSilicon hf. (Chairman) and PCG PCC Oxyalkylates Sdn. Bhd.

Dr. rer. oec. (BY) Alfred Pelzer
Executive Board Member

Dr. rer. oec. Dr. Alfred Pelzer (64) has held a number of senior managerial positions with PCC since 1995. Alfred Pelzer (65) has been in management positions at PCC since 1995. Alfred Pelzer further holds a number of supervisory board mandates within the PCC Group, including at the chemical production companies, PCC Rokita SA (Chairman), PCC Exol SA, PCC MCAA Sp. z o.o., and PCC Synteza S.A. (Chairman), at PCC IT. S.A. (Chairman), and at the logistics companies, PCC Intermodal S.A. (Chairman) and PCC Autochem Sp. z o.o. (Chairman).

Riccardo Koppe
Executive Board Member
Riccardo Koppe (44) came to PCC in 2008 in Group Controlling, proceeding to take over this accounting division in 2012. He has been Chief Financial Officer of PCC SE since 2020. Since July 1, 2024, as a member of the Executive Board of PCC SE, in addition to his position as CFO, he has been primarily responsible for Finance, Public Relations, Human Resources and Internal Organization. He also holds several other management and supervisory board mandates within the PCC Group, for example as Managing Director of PCC Intermodal GmbH, PCC Chemicals GmbH and PCC Integrated Chemistries GmbH, as well as a member of the Supervisory Board of PCC Energetyka Blachownia and a member of the Board of Directors of PCC GulfChem Corporation.
Supervisory Board of PCC SE
Waldemar Preussner
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PCC SE

Waldemar Preussner (66) founded Petro Carbo Chem Rohstoffhandelsgesellschaft mbH (now PCC Trade & Services GmbH) in 1993 to utilize his many years of experience in Eastern Europe to take advantage of the new opportunities in the opening markets there. This is the nucleus of today’s PCC Group. The holding company PCC AG was spun off in 1998 and converted into a European stock corporation (SE) in 2007. Waldemar Preussner is the sole shareholder and Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PCC SE; until the new management structure came into effect on August 31, 2021, he was Chairman of the Administrative Board. He also holds several other supervisory board mandates within the PCC Group.

Dr. Hans-Josef Ritzert
Vice-Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PCC SE
Having been previously associated with the PCC Group as an advisor, Dr. Hans-Josef Ritzert (65) was appointed Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PCC SE in 2021. Originally a chemist by profession, he has also served as Managing Director of Evonik Nutrition & Care GmbH and Head of the Evonik China organization. Hans-Josef Ritzert currently holds various mandates outside PCC SE, including as a member of the supervisory board of Röhm AG, as well as continuing to work as a consultant.
Ulrike Warnecke
Member of the Supervisory Board of PCC SE

Ulrike Warnecke (62) has held management positions at PCC since the company was founded in 1993. From August 31, 2021 to June 30, 2024, she was responsible for Finance, Human Resources and Public Relations as a member of the Executive Board of PCC SE and previously as Managing Director (2007 to 2021). Her operational responsibilities included in particular the Group’s trading business. Until June 30, 2024, Ulrike Warnecke was also Managing Director of our major trading company PCC Trade & Services GmbH. She is Deputy Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of PCC Consumer Products S.A. and has been a member of the Supervisory Board of PCC SE since July 1, 2024.