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Festo is an independent family-owned company with a long tradition. To ensure that it stays that way, our corporate management is committed to meeting the needs of our customers, employees, and business partners worldwide.
"Festo is an outstanding family-owned company. Our task is to secure the company’s success – in an increasingly competitive environment – and take it into the future. Our employees are an integral part of this success story."
Born 26 January 1962 in Berlin, Germany
Education
Professional career
Positions held so far at the Festo Group:
Since 2022 Chairman of the Management Board
Member of the Management Board Corporate Management and Strategy
Member of the Management Board Human Resources
2018–2022 Chairman of the Management Board
Member of the Management Board Corporate Management and Strategy
2010 - 2018 Member of the Management Board/Chief Operating Officer (COO) at Schaeffler AG in Herzogenaurach, responsible for production, purchasing and logistics, BCT (bearings and components technology)
2009-2010 Member of the management team for the industry division at Schaeffler AG
2008-2009 Worldwide division manager for tapered roller bearings at Schaeffler AG
2003-2007 Member of the Management Board Production and Quality Management at Schmitz Cargobull AG in Altenberge/Münsterland
2001-2003 Business Unit Manager Product Line Flatbed Vehicles at Schmitz Cargobull AG in Altenberge/Münsterland
1999-2001 Production Manager at the Vreden plant of Schmitz Cargobull AG in Altenberge/Münsterland
1995-1999 Plant Manager in Wuppertal and at foreign plants in the Czech Republic at Robert Bosch GmbH
1993-1995 Group Manager Bühl/Baden Plant at Robert Bosch GmbH
1991-1993 Plant engineer at the Bühl/Baden plant of Robert Bosch GmbH
1989 - 1991 Production planner and trainee at Robert Bosch GmbH as part of the Bosch corporate programme
Memberships and committee work
“We see great opportunities in digitalisation to make our customers even more productive."
Born 8 June 1969 in Karlsruhe, Germany
Education
Professional career
Positions held so far at the Festo Group:
Since 2022 Member of the Management Board Information Technology and Digitalisation
Since 2016 Member of the Management Board Finance
2013-2016 Senior Vice President Corporate Development
2013-2016 Senior Vice President Business Unit Electric Automation
2009-2013 Head of Corporate Customer Solutions
2007–2009 Head of Strategic Planning and Controlling
1998-2007 Management consulting
1995–1998 Daimler-Benz AG
Memberships and committee work
"We make our customers more productive."
Born 2 July 1963 in Rheinhausen, Germany
Education
Professional career
Positions held so far at the Festo Group:
Since 2022 Member of the Management Board Research and Development
2013 –2022 Member of the Management Board Sales
2009–2013 Member of the Management Board Region and Sales Europe
2003–2009 Product Centre Manager Valves
2001–2002 Managing Director of the subsidiary Beck GmbH
2000–2003 Head of Product Segment Control
1998–2000 Head of Product Management Innovation
1995-1998 Market Segment Manager Factory Automation
1991-1995 Institute of Management and Technology IMT Berlin GmbH
1989-1995 Research assistant at the Institute for Machine Tools and Production Technology at the Technical University of Berlin
Memberships and committee work
"With our broad automation portfolio, we make our customers in a wide range of industries more productive and thus more successful! And, most importantly, we have an exact understanding of their requirements and we can quickly offer the right solution."
Born 12 January 1968 in Metzingen, Germany
Education
Professional career
Positions held so far at the Festo Group:
Since 2022 Member of the Management Board Sales
2019–2022 Member of the Management Board Human Resources
2016–2019 Managing Director of Festo Vertrieb GmbH & Co. KG
2013–2016 Senior Vice President Business Unit Customer Solutions
2012-2013 Chief Strategy Officer (Shanghai, China)
2010-2013 Head of Corporate Market Management
2007-2010 Head of Marketing Promotion
2004-2007 Head of Sales Coordination Americas
2002-2004 Manager Strategic Products
1998-2001 Head of Industry Segment Food & Packaging
1996–1998 System Planning (Product Management)
1993-1996 Syst AG, Consultant
Memberships and committee work
Born 12 February 1974 in Trencin, Slovakia
Education
Professional career
Positions held so far at the Festo Group:
Since 2020 Member of the Management Board Operations
2018–2020 Head of the Global Supply Chain Management Initiative at Schaeffler AG
2016–2020 CEO of the Subregion Central and Eastern Europe at Schaeffler AG
2014–2020 COO of the Region Europe and Subregion India at Schaeffler AG
2009-2014 Plant Manager and Managing Director at Schaeffler Kysuce spol. s.r.o.
2008–2014 Plant Manager and Managing Director at Schaeffler Skalica spol. s.r.o.
2005-2007 Plant Manager FAG Wuppertal
2003-2005 Segment Manager at FAG Wuppertal
1999-2003 Segment Manager at Schaeffler Skalika spol. s.r.o.
1996–1999 Production planning and scheduling at Schaeffler Skalica spol. s.r.o.
Dr. Friedrich Eichiner
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Dipl.-Kfm. Curt Michael Stoll
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Dr. Ulrich Stoll
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Ulrich Dietz
Dr. Markus Flik
Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Klaus Helmrich
Prof. Dr. Hanns-Peter Knaebel
Dipl.-Kfm. Martin Stoll
Dipl.-Kff. Christina Zügel-Stoll
"As the world's leading solution provider in technical basic and further training, Festo Didactic ensures the employability and productivity of its customers. The learning environments for education and industry unlock the optimal learning potential of learners by combining online learning content and physical learning systems. As an integral part of the Festo Group, the interplay between automation and education is exceptional."
Born 31 August 1970 in Aachen, Germany
Education
Professional career
Positions held so far at the Festo Group:
Since 2022 Chairman of the Management Board at Festo Didactic SE
Since 2021 Head of the Digital Business Unit
2017-2020 Vice President Professional Services North EMEA, SAS Institute GmbH
2010-2016 Senior Director Professional Services DACH, SAS Institute GmbH
2009-2010 Vice President, Attensity Europe GmbH (formerly Empolis GmbH)
2006-2009 Director Business Development, Empolis GmbH, part of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
2004-2005 Project Manager, Empolis GmbH, part of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
2001-2003 Research Assistant Technical University of Dortmund
1999-2001 Consultant and Project Manager, METAFrame Technologies GmbH
Memberships and committee work
Dipl.-Ing. Dr. h.c. Oliver D. Jung
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Dipl.-Ing. Gerhard Borho
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Dr. Jaroslav Patka