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Prof. Manfred Broy takes over as Chairman of the Witzenmann
Supervisory Board
On 11 June 2024, Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Manfred Broy was elected Chairman of the Supervisory Board ofWitzenmann GmbH. He succeeds Prof Dr Herbert Paschen, who has been a member of theWitzenmann Supervisory Board since 1969, has been Chairman since 2013 and will remain amember of the Board in the future.

Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Manfred Broy: TUM Emeriti of Excellence and head of a research group at the Chair of Software &Systems Engineering in the Department of Informatics at the Technical University of Munich.

Prof. Dr Broy has been a member of the Witzenmann Supervisory Board since November 2021 and has
been advising the family-owned company as a member of the Management Advisory Board sinceJanuary 2019. Since 11 June 2024, he has been Chairman of the Witzenmann Supervisory Board.
As a renowned expert in the field of software and systems engineering, Prof. Dr Broy has publishedmore than 520 scientific publications. His research focuses on the modelling and development ofcomplex software-intensive systems. He examines practical questions of software developmentusing mathematical and logical models. Additionally, he explores the role of software in a connectedworld, from its potential and impact to security issues.
Prof. Dr Broy is a member of the European Academy of Sciences, the Leopoldina, acatech and theBavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. For his contributions, he has received numerous
awards, including the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the German Research Foundation (1994) andthe Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (1996).

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Prof. Dr Manfred Broy was born on 10 August 1949 in Landsberg am Lech. He is married and has threechildren. After studying mathematics with a minor in computer science at the Technical Universityof Munich (TUM), he obtained his doctorate in 1980 and completed his habilitation in 1982. In 1983, hewas appointed full professor of computer science at the University of Passau and was the founding
dean of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science. In 1989, he returned to TUM as Chair of
Computer Science, where he was appointed Founding Dean of the Department of Computer Sciencein 1992.
Furthermore, he is a co-founder and board member of the Centre for Digital Technology andManagement (CDTM). The CDTM is a joint scientific institution of the Technical University of Munich
and the LMU Munich and a member of the Elite Network of Bavaria.
From spring 2015 to spring 2019, he served as the founding president of the "Zentrum
Digitalisierung. Bayern".
The Witzenmann Group
The Witzenmann Group is the world's leading expert in the safe and efficient transmission of media
and energy for mobility and industry. Its headquarters are in Pforzheim. With a total of 22 companies
in 16 countries worldwide, the family-owned company employs around 4,500 people. Turnover of €785 million was achieved in 2023.
Innovation, technology and digital pioneering work characterise Witzenmann: The company is thedevelopment partner with the world's broadest product range of metal hoses, expansion joints,
metal bellows, pipe supports, piping systems and vehicle parts and offers its customers from a wide
range of industries intelligent product solutions and services.
Further information is available at:Witzenmann:

https://www.witzenmann.com/

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Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Manfred Broy: TUM Emeriti of Excellence and head ofa research group at the Chair of Software & Systems Engineering in
the Department of Informatics at the Technical University of Munich.
Photo source: Witzenmann GmbHProf Dr Herbert Paschen: As the long-standing director of theInstitute for Technology Assessment and Systems Analysis and theOffice of Technology Assessment at the German Bundestag, ProfPaschen is considered one of Germany's most renowned scientists.
He has been a member of the Witzenmann Supervisory Board
since 1969 and served as its chairman from 2013 to 2024. Under
the chairmanship of Prof. Dr Dr h.c. Manfred Broy, he will remain amember of the board in the future.
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