Hannes Niederhauser (born 1962, Austrian nationality) is CEO of Kontron AG and has been CEO of KATEK SE, which was acquired by Kontron AG, since March 4, 2024. After studying electrical engineering at Graz University of Technology, the Austrian-born engineer became a manager in the fields of microchips and embedded computing. Before joining S&T AG in 2011, Hannes was the main shareholder and CEO of the former Kontron AG from 1999 to 2007, which developed into the world’s largest provider in the field of embedded computing. Hannes Niederhauser is tirelessly driving Kontron’s growth and positioning as a leading provider of IoT solutions. Other mandates: Member of the Supervisory Board of startup300 AG in Linz, Austria
Clemens Billek has been CFO of KATEK SE since June 1, 2024 and a member of the Management Board of Kontron AG since 2022. As CFO of the Kontron Group, he has many years of professional experience in capital markets as well as legal, compliance and risk management at listed companies and in the field of digitalization as founder of a telemedicine platform. After starting his career at the Austrian Takeover Commission and as an investment banker at an international investment bank, Clemens Billek was most recently also head of the office of the Takeover Commission.
Katrin Fricke studied mechanical engineering with a focus on production. She was most recently Director Corporate Strategy & Digitalization at Diehl Controls, and before that worked for many years as Production Director, Head of Logistics, as well as in other leading positions in operations at various industrial companies.
Martin Wühr has been at home in the automotive electronics environment for many years. For more than 25 years, he has built up business units in various functions and acquired comprehensive competences in the areas of development, strategic purchasing and sales in the automotive electronics and OEM direct business. Most recently, he was entrusted with setting up development for an American Tier 1, while at the same time being in charge of the strategic purchasing department and responsible for the group’s largest customer. Prior to that, he worked for one of the largest EMS automotive service providers as a sales manager, where he also acquired his extensive knowledge of PCB technology. Further lean management training at the University of Michigan rounds off his profile.
KATEK Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board since March 2024
Term of office ends at AGM 2024
After studying business administration, Claudia Badstöber worked for many years as a licensed tax consultant and auditor at a renowned auditing firm. She later joined the conwert Group, one of Austria’s leading real estate companies, where she worked as CFO. Her areas of responsibility ranged from Group accounting, taxes, controlling and risk management to capital market issues. From 2011 to 2019, Claudia Badstöber was Head of Finance at Liechtensteinische Landesbank (Österreich) AG (formerly Semper Constantia Privatbank Aktiengesellschaft) and was a member of the Supervisory Board of two companies during this time. In 2019, the financial expert joined the Austro Holding and grosso holding corporate groups, where she holds the position of managing director in several companies of the respective groups. Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards: none. Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises: Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of the listed company Kontron AG, Linz/Austria and member of the Supervisory Board of SIGNA Development Selection AG, Innsbruck/Austria
Deputy Chairman of the KATEK Supervisory Board since March 2024
Term of office ends at AGM 2024
Dieter Gauglitz works as a freelance consultant for medium-sized and listed companies in the areas of finance, restructuring, due diligence, post-merger integration and capital markets. Before becoming a freelancer, he worked for twelve years at Ernst & Young in the Audit & Assurances and Transaction Advisory departments and was CFO/Member of the Board of Management of Kontron AG. Memberships of other statutory supervisory boards: Member of the Supervisory Board of NorCom Information Technology GmbH & Co KGaA, member of the Supervisory Board of SpVgg Unterhaching Fußball GmbH & Co. KGaA. Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises: Chairman of the Audit Committee of Telefónica Deutschland Finanzierungs GmbH
KATEK Supervisory Board since March 2024
Term of office ends at AGM 2024
Christoph Öfele, a graduate economist, studied economics at the University of Regensburg after completing his training as a banker at Bayerische Vereinsbank. He worked as a court-appointed expert for aggrieved investors and for 15 years as a shareholder spokesman for the Schutzgemeinschaft der Kapitalanleger e.V. (German investor protection association). Christoph Öfele has been Managing Director of WAI Wirtschaftsanalysen & -informations GmbH since 1999 and Managing Director of CHO Vermögensverwaltung GmbH since 2005. Since 2000, he has been advising companies on extraordinary capital market transactions, in particular tender offers for delisted and unlisted companies.
Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards: none. Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory boards of commercial enterprises: none
Member of the KATEK Supervisory Board since June 2023
Term of office ends AGM 2028
Prof. Dr. Constanze Chwallek, resident in Aachen, Professor at Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Economics, Aachen, Prof. Dr. Constanze Chwallek (born 1967, German nationality) studied economics and business administration in Kiel, Maastricht and Aachen from 1986. She graduated from RWTH Aachen University in 1992 with a degree in business administration and completed her doctorate in 1997 at the Chair of Corporate Accounting and Finance on the subject of the valuation relevance of published cash flow statements of listed German companies. Following her doctorate, she worked as a management consultant, focusing primarily on strategy development for international corporations and medium-sized companies in a wide range of sectors. In 2003, she was appointed to teach management and entrepreneurship at Trier University of Applied Sciences. She has been a professor of entrepreneurship at FH Aachen since 2010, specializing in corporate entrepreneurship and business model innovation. Memberships of other statutory supervisory boards: Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of Adapton AG (not listed on the stock exchange). Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory boards of commercial enterprises: none
The members of the Audit Committee are Prof. Dr. Chwallek (Chairwoman), Ms. Badstöber (Deputy Chairwoman) as well as Mr. Gauglitz and Mr. Öfele as members.
The members of the Nomination Committee are Ms. Badstöber (Chairwoman), Mr. Gauglitz (Deputy Chairman) as well as Prof. Dr. Chwallek and Mr. Öfele as members.
23. December 2022
4. November 2022
23. August 2022
Andreas Müller (Chairperson)
Klaus Weinmann (Deputy Chairperson)
Markus Saller (Member)
Andreas Müller (Chairperson)
Klaus Weinmann (Deputy Chairperson)
Markus Saller (Member)
Updated: March 2022
Section C.14 of the German Corporate Governance Code recommends that the curriculum vitae of Supervisory Board members be updated annually.
Updated: November 2023
Section C.14 of the German Corporate Governance Code recommends that the curriculum vitae of Supervisory Board members be updated annually.
