Committees:

Member of the Audit Committee, Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Practised profession:

Entrepreneur and Managing Partner of RWD Vermögens- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH.

Professional Career:

Ralf W. Dieter is an internationally experienced manager who spent 16 years as CEO of Dürr AG, a global machinery and plant manufacturer. He started his career at the IT consulting company DAT and moved to IBM a few years later. There he first was Sales Manager Germany and Central Europe and later Sales Director of the European headquarters based in Paris. From there, he moved to Carl Zeiss Industrielle Messtechnik GmbH where he became Chairman of the Management Board. His next professional station led to Darmstadt, to Carl Schenck AG, a subsidiary of Dürr AG. A few years after, he became Member of the Board of Management of Dürr AG leading to the appointment as Chairman of the Board of Management. Currently, Ralf W. Dieter is an Entrepreneur and Managing Partner of RWD Vermögens- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH.

Academic Career:

Ralf W. Dieter studied civil engineering at the University of Applied Sciences Karlsruhe (HKA) and economics at the Universities of Karlsruhe and Freiburg. He holds a diploma in economics.

Further Mandates:

– Member of the Supervisory Board of ANDRITZ Schuler Group GmbH
– Member of the Supervisory Board of Bizerba Management SE (General Partner of Bizerba SE & Co. KG)
– Chairman of the Advisory Council of Dantherm Group A/S
– Member of the Advisory Board of Leadec Holding BV
– Member of the Advisory Board of Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG.

Committees:

Chairperson of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Practised profession:

Partner at Peled Ventures.

Professional Career:

Abraham Peled began his career in 1974, first as a researcher and later as a manager in IBM’s research division in the United States. In 1993, he moved to Eltron Industries before being appointed CEO of NDS Group Ltd., in 1995. In 2004, he also became Chairman of the company, which was listed on NASDAQ from 1999 to 2009. Following the acquisition of NDS Group Ltd. by Cisco Systems, Inc. in 2012, Abraham Peled served as Senior Vice President and chief strategist of Cisco’s Video and Collaboration Group until 2014. In addition to his role as a partner at Peled Ventures, he was senior advisor to the Permira Private Equity Tech Group between 2012 and 2021 and an industry advisor to Hg Capital Private Equity between 2021 and 2023.

Academic Career:

Abraham Peled studied electrical engineering and received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degrees from the Technion Institute in Israel. In addition, he holds a PhD in digital signal processing from Princeton University, USA.

Further Mandates:

– Chairman of the board of directors of CyberArmor Ltd.

Committees:

Chairperson of the Audit Committee, Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Practised profession:

Independent Consultant and non-executive director

Professional Career:

Swantje Conrad has held non-executive directorships with listed and private companies since retiring as Managing Director from J.P. Morgan Corporate & Investment Bank in 2017. During her 26 years tenure at J.P. Morgan, Swantje gained extensive experience in corporate finance/M&A, global capital markets and investment management. In her final position she was responsible for managing global relationships with institutional asset management and hedge fund clients across global markets trading and asset servicing. Previously she was a highly ranked equity research analyst heading the European diversified industrials team and led specialist equity sales for the industrials, automotive and aerospace sectors. She started her career in M&A/corporate finance in Frankfurt.

Academic Career:

Swantje Conrad holds an International MBA from University of South Carolina, Columbia South Carolina, USA and a degree in Industrial Engineering (Diplom-Wirtschaftsingenieur) from University of Karlsruhe (KIT).

Further Mandates:

– Non-Executive Director at CT Private Equity Trust Plc (listed)

Committees:

No further committees

Practised profession:

CEO of PEAK Technologies, Inc.

Professional Career:

Joe Heel is an internationally experienced manager and technology expert with extensive industry experience in software and digitization and a central emphasis on sales and services for enterprise customers. Prior to his current consulting work for consulting firms and corporate clients in the technology sector, he most recently served as Head of Services and Chief Revenue Officer at Zebra Technologies Corporation, a provider of data capture and identification solutions, in Chicago and San Jose, USA, from 2014 to 2023, consistently contributing to their transformation from a technical product company to a company with a clear focus on customer relationships and customer success. Prior to this, he held various senior strategy and management positions, initially at McKinsey & Company from 1991 to 2005 where he was a partner in Miami and Boston, USA, as well as in Munich, before his career took him via Sun Microsystems, Menlo Park, USA, and via Avaya, Basking Ridge and Santa Clara, USA, to IBM Corporation in Dallas, USA, and Stuttgart, Germany, where he was responsible for business customer sales in the respective regions as Vice President Enterprise Sales Germany and US Midwest from 2011 to 2014. He brings with him an excellent knowledge of our target markets in the USA and worldwide. Joe Heel also has extensive experience on supervisory boards and comparable bodies of listed companies.

Academic Career:

Joe Heel studied engineering and industrial engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) in Germany. He holds an M.S. and an MBA degree. He received his PhD from the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

Further Mandates:

Member of the Board of Directors of Wavelynx

Committees:

No further committees

Practised profession:

Executive Vice President, Design & Manufacturing

Professional Career:

Currently, Jeff serves as Executive Vice President, Design & Manufacturing at US multinational software corporation Autodesk, where he leads strategy and execution across the global design and manufacturing portfolio and heads a ~1,500-people team. Previously at Autodesk, Jeff Kinder served as Chief Digital Officer. Before, he led customer-focused digital transformation teams in various industries, including leading roles at OpenTable, JP Morgan Chase and Yahoo!. With his expertise and guidance, Jeff Kinder has already served on the boards of Switchfly, Carlson Wagonlit Travel, and Yahoo7.

Academic Career:

Jeff Kinder holds a Bachelor's degree in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University and a MBA from Harvard Business School.

Further Mandates:

No further mandates

Committees:

Member of the Audit Committee, Member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee

Practised profession:

Independent Consultant

Professional Career:

Axel Salzmann began his career with Philips Group in Hamburg, where he held various management functions. From 2002 to 2007, he was Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer of O2 (Germany) GmbH & Co. OHG, a Telefónica Group company. In 2008, he was elected as management board member of ProSieben Sat. 1 Media AG, where he served as Chief Financial Officer until 2015. From 2015 until 2016, Axel Salzmann was the Chief Financial Officer of Bilfinger SE and responsible for group controlling, finance, investor relations, legal and regulatory affairs and administration, before being appointed to the Management Board and CFO of Hensoldt AG in Taufkirchen in 2017. From 2022 to 2025, he served as CFO of Best Secret Group in Aschheim.

Academic Career:

Axel Salzmann holds a degree in industrial engineering and economics from the University of Hamburg, Germany.

Further Mandates:

– Executive Advisor, KKR (non-listed)

Committees:

Member of the Audit Committee

Practised profession:

Independent Consultant

Professional Career:

Christina Stercken is an accomplished Corporate Finance and buy-and-build (M&A) expert. She has extensive experience in consulting, entrepreneurship, and management. From 2006 to 2017, she served as Executive Partner at EAC – International Consulting, a management consulting company advising its multinational clients in strategy, M&A and operational excellence in growth markets. Prior to this, Christina Stercken spent most of her career with Siemens, holding various management positions, including serving as Managing Director Corporate Finance M&A at Siemens AG in Munich, as Head of Business Unit Public Sector, Federal and Municipality Governments, where she was responsible for the IT solutions business with public sector customers globally, and as Head of Task Force China. Prior to that she was working in Marketing & Sales at BMW Pty Ltd., South Africa.

Academic Career:

Christina Stercken holds an Executive MBA from Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, USA and a Master of Economics degree (Dipl. Volkswirt), from the University of Bonn.

Further Mandates:

– Non-Executive director at Landis+Gyr Group AG (listed)
– Non-Executive director at Ansell Ltd. (listed)
– Chair of Myanmar Foundation, Munich, and active in various associations

Committees:

None

Practised profession:

Independent consultant in the field of personnel strategy and corporate management

Professional Career:

Andrea Euenheim is an independent consultant specializing in the field of personnel strategy and corporate management. Her international leadership experience includes serving as a member of the Advisory Board of Rhenus Logistics Group (2023–2025) and as Chief People Officer at MessageBird B.V. in Amsterdam (2022–2023). Before that, she was a member of the Management Board and Labor Director at Metro AG (2019–2022), responsible for Human Resources, sustainability, and e-commerce marketplace MetroMarkets. Her earlier career includes senior HR leadership roles at Amazon (2007–2019) and General Electric (2001–2007) across Europe and the US, having started her professional path in 1999 at TMP Worldwide.

Academic Career:

Andrea Euenheim holds a Master of Arts from the University of Passau, with a multi-disciplinary focus on economics, psychology, French linguistics and social sciences.

Further Mandates:

– Member of the Supervisory Board of Scout24 SE, Chairperson of the Remuneration Committee