Chairman of the Board of Directors (President & CEO),
in charge of Wiring Systems Division (Division CEO) and Wire & Cable Solutions as well as of Corporate Communications & Investor Relations, Corporate Legal and Corporate Strategy
Career
- born 1970
- Dutch
- M.B.A. Stanford Graduate School of Business
- Business administration studies in Maastricht (Netherlands) and Trier
- 1994 – 1999: Controller, Affiliated Companies, OSRAM GmbH
- 1999 – 2001: Director Visible LEDs Automotive, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
- 2001 – 2006: Vice President & General Manager LED, OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
- 2006 – 2010: Executive Vice President & General Manager, Specialty Lighting, OSRAM Sylvania Inc.
- 2010 – 2018: CEO OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH
- since 2018: President & CEO LEONI AG
Member of the Board of Directors (CHRO) and Labour Director,
in charge of Corporate Human Resources, Corporate Ethics, Risk & Compliance and Corporate Real Estate
Career
- born 1969
- German
- 1990 – 1995: University Passau, Studies of Languages, Economics and Culture
- 1996 – 1998: TU Munich, Scientific Assistant and Dissertation incl. scientific studies in Morocco in combination with a professorship at the University Rabat
- 1998 – 2000: Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg: Head of international assignments
- 2001 – 2008: Dr. Ing. h.c. F. Porsche AG, Stuttgart: Head of Human Resources for affiliate entities and Head of international assignments
- 2009 – 2013: Thales Deutschland GmbH, Stuttgart: Vice President Human Resources & Communications; Member of the Management Board
- 2013 – 2021: DB Cargo AG, Mainz: CHRO and Labour Director
- 2017 – 2021: in addition DB Cargo Vermögensverwaltungs-AG, Mainz: CEO
- since 2022: Member of the Board of Directors, CHRO and Labour Director LEONI AG
Memberships on statutory supervisory boards and other governance bodies
- Member of the Supervisory Board of Thales Deutschland GmbH
Member of the Board of Directors (CFO),
in charge of Corporate Accounting, Corporate Controlling, Corporate Finance & Treasury, Corporate Information Technology, Corporate Internal Audit and Corporate Taxes
Career
- born 1963
- German
- 1984 – 1986: Mannesmann AG, Düsseldorf: Apprenticeship as industrial clerk
- 1986 – 1991: Technical University Darmstadt: Studies in industrial engineering, specialising in mechanical engineering
- 1992 – 1995: Research assistant and dissertation at the Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmensführung (WHU), Koblenz
- 1995 – 1996: Thyssen Handelsunion AG: Staff member Corporate Development
- 1996 – 1999: allkauf Group: Head of Central Corporate Development
- 2000 – 2002: Schaeffler Group/FAG: Head of Corporate Controlling FAG
- 2002 – 2007: Schaeffler Group/FAG: Commercial Director (CFO) Business Unit Aerospace/Superprecision
- 2007 – 2010: BÖWE Systec AG: Member of the Board (CFO)
- 2010 – 2016: ixetic GmbH and Magna Powertrain: Commercial Director (CFO) and co-partner
- 2016 – 2021: Krauss Maffei Group GmbH: Commercial Director
- since 2022: Member of the Management Board (CFO) of LEONI AG
Member of the Board of Directors (COO),
in charge of Operations Wiring Systems Division (Production Management, Value Chain Management, Strategic Purchasing, Operations Project Management, Country Management, Quality Management & Safety/Health/Environment)
Career
- born 1972
- German
- 1993 – 2000: Study of Mechanical Engineering, field Manufacturing Engineering (Frankfurt/Main), degree Diplom Ingenieur (FH)
- 2000 – 2005: Volkswagen AG, Wolfsburg: Advisor and Production Manager, Business Unit Components/Manufacturing of plastic parts
- 2006: MAGNA, Rastatt: Plant Manager Intier Automotive Näher GmbH
- 2007 – 2009: MAGNA, Althengstett: General Manager Intier Automotive Näher GmbH and Managing Director Intier Automotive (South Africa) Limited (RSA)
- 2010 – 2012: MAGNA, Sailauf: Managing Director Intier Automotive Näher GmbH and Director Special Projects Carpet & Acoustics Central Europe
- 2012 – 2014: FAURECIA, Hagenbach: Managing Director Faurecia Innenraum Systeme GmbH and Vice President Operations EMEA
- 2015 – 2017: FAURECIA, Paris: Global Vice President Manufacturing & Quality
- 2017 – 2020: FAURECIA, Moscow: CEO/President Faurecia Russia
- since 2021: LEONI Bordnetz-Systeme GmbH, Kitzingen: COO and Managing Director
- since 2022: Member of the Board of Directors and COO LEONI AG