Organisation

Corporate

GAF has grown from a small remote sensing firm into a well reputed geo-information service provider. However, the company still follows its successful strategy of having a flat decision-making hierarchy, lean internal management structures and direct communication channels.

General Management

Dr. Peter Volk (CEO)

Executive Committee

Dr. Sebastian Carl, Dr. Thomas Häusler, Dr. Axel Relin, Dr. Stefan Saradeth, Dr. Tobias Wever, Mr. Joachim Zeeb

Supervisory Board

Marcello Maranesi (Chairman), Alessandro de Rosa, Dr. Rupert Haydn, Prof. Stefan Dech, Vittorio Collela Albino, Lucio Magliozzi

Incorporation

GAF AG is constituted as a stock company registered under HRB 140509 at the commercial register of the Munich District Court. Under German stock corporation law, operative management and supervisory functions are strictly separated.

A Telespazio Group Company

The company's shares are not publicly traded and are held by e-GEOS S.p.A., Matera a company 80 % controlled by Telespazio S.p.A. with 20 % participation by the Italian Space Agency (ASI). Telespazio is a joint Finmeccanica S.p.A. (67 %) and Thales S.A. (33 %) company that specialises in delivering services in the satellite technology domains (communications, navigation, earth observation).
Finmeccanica and Thales are both European corporate groups listed on stock markets and offer high-technology products and services on a global basis. Taken together, the groups have a combined workforce of >135,000 and revenues in excess of 30 billion € (2009 figures). In Germany alone the groups employ more than 3,000 staff in their various companies.