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 (59) has held senior managerial positions at PCC since 2003. He is the CEO/Chief Executive Officer within which he has specific responsibility for corporate and project development, and also sustainability – a key issue of increasing strategic importance for the PCC Group. Peter Wenzel further holds several other executive, management and supervisory board mandates within the PCC Group, for example as Managing Director of both PCC Chemicals GmbH and PCC Integrated Chemistries GmbH, and as a member of the supervisory boards of our Icelandic and Malaysian affiliates PCC BakkiSilicon hf. (Chair) 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. His primary areas of responsibility as Executive Board Member (since 31 August 2021), like before as Managing Director and Deputy Chairman of the Administrative Board (2007-2021), include the operational areas of chemical production – the main revenue driver within our Group – as well as logistics and distribution. 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

In 1993, Waldemar Preussner (66) established the company Petro Carbo Chem Rohstoffhandelsgesellschaft mbH (today: PCC Trade & Services GmbH) in response to market liberalization in Eastern Europe. The company remains at the core of the PCC Group. 1998 saw the carve-out of the holding company PCC AG, and in 2007 its corporate form was changed to that of a European corporation (Societas Europaea, SE). Waldemar Preussner is the sole shareholder of PCC SE and Chairman of its Supervisory Board. He further holds a number of 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.