Volker Seidel

Curriculum vitae

Member of the Supervisory Board of KSB SE & Co. KGaA  
since 1 January 2008

Personal data:

• Year of birth: 1965
• Nationality: German

Current professional activity:

Trade Union Secretary for IG Metall

Career history:

• Since 07/2024
  Trade Union Secretary for IG Metall
• 2007 - 06/2024
  1st Delegate and Treasurer of IG Metall Ostoberfranken in Münchberg
• 2000 - 2007
  Trade Union Secretary for IG Metall
• 1994 - 2000
  Management of the German trade union for the wood and plastics industry (GHK) at the office in Bayreuth
• 1992 - 1994
  Junior secretary with the German trade union for the textile industry (GTB)
• 1985 - 1991
  Employee as electrical and electronics installer at Friedrich Schoedel AG

Education / Training:

• 1992 – 1994
  Further training as a trade union secretary with the trade union for the textile industry (GTB)
• 1981 - 1985
  Training as an electrical and electronics installer with Friedrich Schoedel AG

Relevant knowledge, skills and professional experience:

Knowledge of the metal industry, experience in labour law issues
Member of the Administrative Committee of the Federal Employment Agency (Agentur für Arbeit) Bayreuth-Hof

Other positions on statutory supervisory boards and comparable supervisory bodies:

Member of the Advisory Board and Auditor of the regional administrative centre (RVZ) of IG Metall in Bavaria

Other material activities: 

Lay judge at the Landesarbeitsgericht Nuremberg [Regional Labour Court]