Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees is the decision making panel of the Claas-Stiftung. They discuss and decide on new projects in order to realize the Foundation’s objectives.
Cathrina Claas-Mühlhäuser
- born 1975
- Apprenticeship as Industrial Clerk
- Studies of Business Administration at University of St. Gallen (CH)
- Since 2010 Chairwoman of Supervisory Board of CLAAS KGaA mbH
- Since 2001 Member and since 2020 Chairwoman of Shareholders' Committee of the CLAAS KGaA mbH
- Since 2021 Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees of the Claas-Stiftung
Dr. Thomas Barrelmeyer
- born 1965
- study of mechanical engineering at the TU Braunschweig
- teaching and dissertation at the University of Stuttgart/Vaihingen (1996)
- since 1998 with CLAAS, CSE (until 2004 Advanced Development combine harvesters; until 2018 Head of Development LEXION; until 2023 Senior Vice President Service Unit Engineering of Business Unit Grain)
- since October 2023 Senior Vice President Global Engineering Self-propelled Harvesters of Service Unit Engineering
- since 2024 Deputy Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Claas-Stiftung
Christian Radons
- born 1976
- Studies of Business Administration and studies of Agricultural Management
- since 2000 within the CLAAS Group
- since 2021 Member of the CLAAS Group Executive Board and responsible for the Business Unit Sales and Services
- since 2023 Member of the Board of Trustees of the Claas-Foundation
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Stefan Böttinger
- born. 1959
- Engineering course, focus on agricultural machinery at the University of Stuttgart
- Head of Development at AGROCOM, Bielefeld
- Since 2005 Professor at the Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Basics of Agricultural Engineering at the University of Hohenheim
Dr. James Brighton
- born 1970
- studied Agricultural Engineering
- Dissertation at Cranfield University (1997) and lecturer since then
- Received Ford Motor Company European Technical Achievement Award 2007 Achievement Award 2007