Management Board

Dr. Michael Büchsner (born 1975, Austrian citizen) is the Chairman of the Management Board and the Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Over the past 20 years, he held a number of senior positions at components supplier TRW in Austria, Germany and the USA, and, following its takeover of TRW, at ZF Friedrichshafen AG. Most recently, he was global head of the Passive Safety Systems division. The main focus of his activities were strategy, finances, investments, and customer relations. Dr. Michael Büchsner holds a degree in chemical engineering from the Technical University of Graz, at which he later completed a doctorate, and an Executive MBA awarded by the St. Gallen Institute.

Stefan Bauerreis (born 1972, German citizen) is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Stabilus SE. He joined the company's Management Board in June 2022. Previously, he worked for the Schaeffler Group since 2000, where he held various management positions in finance and was most recently CFO of the Europe region (incl. Africa, Arab countries as well as India up to and including 2019) from 2014 until he joined Stabilus. Prior to this, he was CFO of the Germany region for a total of six years and from 2003 to 2009 he was Head of Corporate Accounting and Chief Accountant of the Schaeffler Group. He started his career in 1998 at Mannesmann Internal Audit GmbH.  Stefan Bauerreis holds a degree in business administration from Otto Friedrich University of Bamberg with a focus on finance, corporate management and controlling as well as taxes and auditing.

David Sabet (born 1973, American citizen (USA)) is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and from October 2024 a member of the Management Board of Stabilus SE. He started his career at Stabilus in 1996 as an engineer and held management positions in Application Engineering in the Stabilus Group from 2004 to 2014. Since 2014, he has been Head of Business Unit Automotive Powerise, and since 2015 he has also been Chief Technology Officer in the extended management circle of Stabilus. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Pennsylvania State University.