Supervisory Board

Dr. Stephan Kessel (born 1953, German citizen) has served as a member of the Supervisory Board since 2014 and as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board since 2018. From August 2018 to July 2019, he led Stabilus as Interim CEO and then returned to the position as Chairman of the Supervisory Board. For many years, he was a member of the managing board at Continental AG, and the company’s CEO until 2002. Since then Dr. Kessel has taken up a number of board positions at European companies including Stabilus from 2008 onwards. In addition to his position at Stabilus, he currently serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Novem Group S.A.¹ and member of the Advisory Board of svt GmbH². Further he holds the position as a chairman of the board of Hitched Holdings 1 B.V.², the holding company of ACPS².

Dr. Ralf-Michael Fuchs (born 1958, German citizen) has served as a member of the Supervisory Board since 2015 and as the Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board since September 2022. He was member of the Dürr Senior Executive Board and Chief Executive of Division Measuring and Process Systems until 2017. He served as Chairman of the board of various Dürr companies and as Chairman of the management board of Carl SCHENCK AG. Before he joined Dürr AG in 2000, he held various leading positions at IWKA AG and AGIV AG. From 2004 until 2018 he was member of the Board of Directors of Nagahama Seisakusho Ltd., Japan.

Dr. Joachim Rauhut (born 1954, German citizen) has served as a member of the Supervisory Board since May 12, 2015. He was a member of the Executive Board of Wacker Chemie AG until October 31, 2015. He joined the Management Board of Wacker Chemie GmbH in 2001 and supported Wacker Chemie’s initial public offering in 2006. Previously, he served in various leading corporate positions, including posts at Mannesmann AG and Krauss-Maffei AG. He is a member of the Supervisory Board of MTU Aero Engines AG¹.

Dr. Dirk Linzmeier (born 1976, German citizen) has served as a member of the Supervisory Board since 2018. He is CEO of the TTTech Auto AG². From 2017 to 2022 he was CEO of the Osram Continental Group² (Joint Venture). From 2006 to 2017 he held several leading positions in the development of driver assistance systems and automotive electronics at Robert Bosch GmbH. From 2014 to 2017 he served as Managing Director and Business Unit Leader Automotive Electronics and as Vice President of Corporate Start-up Management. Prior to that, he worked as a research engineer in Advanced Development at DaimlerChrysler AG.

Inka Koljonen (born 1973, Finnish citizen) has been a member of the Supervisory Board since February 2022. As a member of the Executive Board, she has been responsible for Finance, IT and Legal Affairs at MAN Truck & Bus SE² since February 2022. Previously, she was Chief Financial Officer at SAF-HOLLAND SE¹ and, among other positions, CFO for the Catalysts business unit at Clariant AG¹ and CFO of the Russia region for Siemens AG¹. She has been a member of the Board of Directors and Chair of the Audit & Finance Committee of OC Oerlikon Corporation AG¹ since March 2023. Inka Koljonen holds a degree in business administration from Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich.

Susanne Heckelsberger (born 1964, German citizen) has served as a member of the Supervisory board since February 2024. The management consultant has been a member of the Supervisory Board of Villeroy & Boch AG¹ since July 2020 and of Vitesco Technologies Group AG¹ since September 2021. Prior to that, she was Chief Financial Officer at the s.Oliver Group², where she was responsible for the commercial management of the entire group. In previous positions, she has worked as Chief Operating Officer for Allianz Capital Partners², Chief Financial Officer of Zimmer AG² and as an auditor and tax consultant for several well-known auditing firms.