Women have been nominated for the first time to represent shareholders on the supervisory board of the Adidas Group. They are Katja Kraus, 43, and Katherin Menges, 49 – and they are set to take the places of Christian Tourres and Alexander Popov. Kraus is a former player in the German women's football team who has been running a sports marketing agency, June von Matt, since last year. Menges is the member of Henkel's executive board in charge of human resources. Tourres, who is retiring because of age, was associated with the late Robert Louis-Dreyfus in the takeover and renaissance of Adidas in the 1990s. Popov, has been sitting on the board since 2009, is leaving it for professional reasons. The election of the new members will take place on May 8.

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