Management & group structure
We regard ourselves as an international corporate group. Integrity, engagement and social awareness are key shared values. Every single employee plays a key role in our company and is fully committed. We promote and demand top skills and performance every day. Our working and management styles are built on cooperation and trust.
Management board
Stephan Büttner is CEO of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG. Together with Franz Ennser and Stephan Meeder, he forms the company’s Management Board.
![Stephan Büttner, CEO of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG, in a dark suit with red tie [no AI]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/690a64e4e086fc7e7a30737e/6a4632dc6683e4320659391d_3299db81fc35a251ed7ad3cc70f4295a_Stephan_Buettner.jpg)
Stephan Büttner
- Strategy & Transformation incl. M&A and Market Intelligence
- Finance
- Commercial Excellence
- Information Technology
- Corporate Communications & General Secretariat
- Human Resources
- Business Development
- Compliance & Corp. Governance
- Legal
- Investor Relations
![Franz Ennser, COO of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG, in a grey suit with glasses and red tie [no AI]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/690a64e4e086fc7e7a30737e/6a4632ddf4b348cccbcb88cd_c2db625c7a8eb877cc1789525c980e45_Franz_Ennser_COO.jpg)
Franz Ennser
- Operational Excellence, OHS & CapEx
- Purchasing, Logistics & Supply Chain Management
- Agricultural Raw Materials
- Sustainability
- Research and Development
- Quality Management & Regulatory Affairs
![Stephan Meeder, CFO of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG, smiling in a dark suit with striped tie [no AI]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/690a64e4e086fc7e7a30737e/6a4632dc07b10c48c6006085_2b85a4663bcfcfc5cc4215472412d8a4_Stephan_Meeder.jpg)
The Supervisory Board of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG consists of twelve members: eight elected by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting and four employee representatives delegated by the Works Council.
Supervisory board
- Erwin HAMESEDER - Chairman
- Niels PÖRKSEN - 1st Deputy Chairman
- Petra PANI – 2nd Deputy Chairwoman
- Helmut FRIEDL
- Andrea GRITSCH
- Ernst KARPFINGER
- Josef PRÖLL
- Stefan STRENG
Staff council delegates
- Thomas BUDER - Spokesperson for Corporate Representation, Chairman of Central Works Council
- Andrea BENISCHEK
- Andreas KLAMLER
- Stephan SAVIC
Supervisory board committees
Excerpt from the bylaws of the supervisory board
The supervisory board may elect to appoint committees formed from its members in order to prepare meetings and resolutions for the full supervisory board, to monitor the implementation of certain resolutions previously passed, or to independently attend to matters assigned to such committees by the full supervisory board.
Supervisory board committees shall comprise a chairperson or one deputy and a certain number of members, which is to be appointed by the supervisory board, with the exception of the committee as defined under Para. 2, which shall comprise the chairperson and two further members selected from the supervisory board members elected at the annual shareholders' meeting. Two deputies for the chairperson may be appointed if such is voted upon.
In particular, a supervisory board committee (the personnel committee) is to be appointed, in accordance with § 92, Para. 4 of the Austrian Stock Corporation Act (AktG.), to act as a representative for the Company in legal matters between the Company and active or retired Executive Board members.
Furthermore an executive committee will be appointed, which is authorized by the supervisory board to decide in urgent issues. The urgency is determined by the chairperson.
Personnel committee
= Nomination and remuneration committee
- Erwin Hameseder - Chairman
- Stefan Streng
- Petra Pani
- Niels Pörksen
Executive committee
= Strategy & sustainability committee
- Erwin Hameseder - Chairman
- Stefan Streng
- Niels Pörksen
- Petra Pani
- Thomas Buder (Employee representative)
- Andreas Klamler ployee representative
Audit committee
- Petra Pani
- Stefan Streng
- Ernst Karpfinger
- Niels Pörksen
- Thomas Buder (Eployee representative
- Andrea Benischek (Employee representative)
Independence of supervisory board members
At its sitting on 20 February 2006, the supervisory board of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG resolved to adopt the independence criteria contained in Annex 1 of the Austrian Corporate Governance Code.
Group structure
AGRANA Beteiligungs-Aktiengesellschaft was founded in 1988 as the holding company of the Austrian sugar and starch industry. Today AGRANA is an Austrian industrial group with an international focus and operates globally in its Food & Beverage Solutions business and mainly in Central and Eastern Europe in its Agricultural Commodities & Specialities activities.
Group structure (simplified graphic).
Shareholder structure
AGRANA Zucker, Stärke und Frucht Holding AG ("AZSFH"), based in Vienna, holds 78.34% of the share capital of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG. 18.92% of the shares represent free float.
In AZSF, Zucker-Beteiligungsgesellschaft m.b.H. ("ZBG"), Vienna holds 50% less one share (that share being held by AGRANA Zucker GmbH, a subsidiary of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG) and Südzucker AG holds the other 50%. The following four Vienna-based entities are shareholders of ZBG: "ALMARA" Holding GmbH (a subsidiary of RAIFFEISEN-HOLDING NIEDERÖSTERREICH-WIEN registrierte Genossenschaft mit beschränkter Haftung); Marchfelder Zuckerfabriken Gesellschaft m.b.H.; Rübenproduzenten Beteiligungs GesmbH; and Leipnik-Lundenburger Invest Beteiligungs AG. Under a syndicate agreement between Südzucker AG and ZBG, the partners in the syndicate have mutual rights to appoint members of the management board and supervisory board of AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG and Südzucker AG.
![Chart: AGRANA shareholder structure at 28 February 2026, 78.34% AZSF, 18.92% free float, 2.74% Südzucker, 62,488,976 shares [no AI]](https://cdn.prod.website-files.com/690a64e4e086fc7e7a30737e/6aa018f79e341b5588420caa_AGRANA%20Infographic%2002%20EN%20-%20RGB_kompress.jpg)
