Born April 12, 1951 in Drewenack/Germany

Deputy Chairman of the Industrial Union Mining, Chemical, Energy (IGBCE)

Ulrich Freese is since 2004 Deputy Chairman of IGBCE of which he has now been a member since over 40 years. He has been a full-time union secretary for over 30 years. The positions he has held include youth, labour law, works council secretary and deputy union school director as well as district director and state district director.

Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards:

- LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
- Vattenfall Europe Mining AG
- Vattenfall Europe Generation AG
- Vattenfall Europa AG
- 50Hertz Transmission GmbH
- DMT GmbH

Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies:

- Evonik Wohnen GmbH
- Evonik Immobilien GmbH
- GSB – Gesellschaft zur Sicherung von Bergmannswohnungen mbH
- GSG Wohnungsbau Braunkohle GmbH

Ulrich Freese trained as a fitter at the Schlägel and Eisen mine and worked several years in the mine.

He is married and has three children.