Our Management

Executive Board

Rainer Koppitz

CEO & Co-Founder KATEK SE

Rainer Koppitz (born 1968, German national) is looking back on many years of international experience in Industrial as well as in the IT and Telecommunications sector, in which he served, among other positions, as CEO of NFON and B2X Care Solutions and as CEO Germany & Austria of BT Germany (British Telecom). Before that, he held managerial positions at Siemens, Dell and Atos. Other mandates held: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of CENIT AG (listed, no Group mandate); Chairman of the Supervisory Board of NFON AG (listed, no Group mandate)

Dr. Johannes Fues

CFO KATEK SE

Dr. Johannes Fues (born 1976, German national) has worked for various well-known management consultancies in reorganization and transformation projects. Most recently he was part of the PRIMEPULSE management team and held responsibility for the Asset Management and Operations area. As member of the Management Board of KATEK SE he is responsible for topics concerning the fields of Environment, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG). Other mandates held: none

Group Directors

Dr. Marc Achhammer

CHRO | Group Director Operations

Dr. Marc Achhammer has many years of international experience in the IT and telecommunications industry in the areas of operations, M&A, R&D, sales, service and portfolio management. He held senior management positions at Siemens/Gigaset, Sagemcom and Unify, where he successfully established new business areas. Most recently, he was COO and Managing Director of B2X Care Solutions.

Christoph Antener

Group Director Strategic Sourcing

Christoph Antener has various years of international experience in the EMS and building automation sectors. He has managed complex supply chain organizations worldwide and has extensive expertise in outsourcing, purchasing optimization, change management and realignment of purchasing organizations. As part of his EMBA studies, he accompanied the successful M&A development of an EMS company and helped to achieve a sustainable increase in earnings.

Jürgen Lauter

Group Director Strategic Projects

Golo Wahl

Group Director Business Development

Golo Wahl brings a broad experience in business development and sales to the KATEK Group. His professional career has been shaped by various management roles with global US companies as well as medium-sized technology leaders in Europe. The development and restructuring of intercultural sales teams is one of his key strengths as well as their successful leadership in the international EMS, ODM and OEM business. Among others, his market focus lies in the energy, industrial, automotive and smart building sectors.

Managing Directors Group Companies

Robert Both

Managing Director Katek GmbH Grassau

Albrecht Faber

Managing Director KATEK Frickenhausen GmbH & beflex electronic GmbH

Albrecht Faber has extensive experience as a managing director in well-known international technology companies in the electronics industry. In addition, he has extensive know-how, both technical and organizational, and during his professional career he was, among others, responsible for operational and strategic management as well as the further development of customer management and the global sales organization. He was also successful in managing development areas in the high-tech sector and in driving them forward.

Marc Lauter

Managing Director KATEK Mauerstetten GmbH

During his mechanical engineering studies, which had a process engineering focus, Marc Lauter gathered experience in the area of regenerative energy systems. Then, as a technical managing director and owner, he gathered detailed experience in the area of manufacturing technology and manufacturing processes, quality assurance, and environmental management and extensive familiarity with other technical EMS industry processes. His profile is rounded off with an international MBA degree.

Marc Schwehm

Managing Director KATEK Mauerstetten GmbH

Marc Schwehm gained comprehensive knowledge in all areas along the electronics value chain at the Mauerstetten site during his part-time studies in business administration and business psychology. With the comprehensive expertise he gained in commercial, strategic and production areas of an electronics service provider, he was most recently responsible for commercial management. At the beginning of 2021, Marc Schwehm was appointed to the management board of KATEK Mauerstetten.

Klauspeter Bader

Managing Director KATEK Memmingen GmbH

Jens Arnold

Managing Director beflex electronic GmbH

Jens Arnold is managing director of beflex electronic GmbH and brings more than 25 years of EMS industry experience to the company. Lean Management, Strategic Management, and Quality Management belong to his core competencies. After his business studies, he always accompanied strategic projects in EMS and mechanical engineering companies as managing director and partner and possesses extensive process knowledge around the electronic assembly.

Jochen Paukert

Managing Director eSystems MTG GmbH

Sven Heidenwag

Managing Director eSystems MTG GmbH

Dr. Arnd Karden

Managing Director KATEK Leipzig GmbH, TeleAlarm Europe GmbH & TeleAlarm SA

Dr. Arnd Karden has extensive experience as a Managing Director in manufacturing companies. For many years he worked for German corporations in various positions in Germany, Italy, Mexico, Spain and Switzerland. During his professional career, he has repeatedly successfully restructured companies and led to significant sales and earnings improvements. Dr. Arnd Karden studied mechanical engineering at RWTH Aachen University and then received his doctorate at the Laboratory for Machine Tools and Production Engineering (WZL) of RWTH Aachen University. Dr. Arnd Karden is also the Managing Director of the TeleAlarm subsidiary and the subsidiary in Lithuania.

Axel Schulz

Managing Director KATEK Memmingen GmbH

Stefan Redl

Managing Director beflex electronic GmbH

Supervisory Board

Klaus Weinmann

Chair of the Supervisory Board

In KATEK Supervisory Board since November 2018

Office term ends AGM 2023

Klaus Weinmann (born 1969, German national) studied business administration at the University of Augsburg from 1990 and graduated in 1995. After founding CANCOM SE in 1992 as an IT Value Added Reseller, the company, which Klaus Weinmann led in a management role from the beginning, later as Chairman of the Executive Board, experienced rapid growth. In 1999 Klaus Weinmann took the company public and in 2012 CANCOM was included in the TecDAX index of the 30 largest high tech companies in Germany, as one of Germany’s leading IT systems houses. Today, Klaus Weinmann is CEO & Co-Founder of the Munich-based investment holding company PRIMEPULSE SE, which invests in companies with a technological focus. Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards: Chairman of the Board of Directors of PRIMEPULSE SE (not listed, Group mandate); Chairman of the Supervisory Board of STEMMER IMAGING AG (listed; Group mandate); Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of glueckkanja-gab AG (not listed; Group mandate). Membership in comparable supervisory bodies: none

Markus Saller

Deputy Chair of the Supervisory Board / Financial Expert Audit

In KATEK Supervisory Board since January 2022

Markus Saller (born 1965, German national) studied at the University of Colorado in Boulder, USA, between 1993 and 1995 and graduated with a Master of Business Administration (MBA). In 1991 he had already graduated from Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität in Munich, majoring in business studies and political science. After spending three years at Bayerische Hypo-Bank in Munich as an M&A consultant Markus Saller became a co-founder of Concord Corporate Finance GmbH in 1998 where he was a Partner until 2002. From 2003 until 2011 he was the managing director and shareholder of the M&A consulting firm, AURIGA Corporate Finance GmbH. Afterwards Markus Saller was employed as a Director at CANCOM SE in the acquisitions department. Since September 2016, he holds the position of Director Mergers & Acquisitions at PRIMEPULSE SE. Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards: Deputy Chair of Supervisory Board STEMMER IMAGING AG (listed, Group mandate). Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards: Deputy Membership in comparable supervisory bodies: membership in Board of Directors of Autonomous Capital AG, Zurich, Switzerland

Andreas Müller

Member of the Supervisory Board / Financial Expert Accounting

In KATEK Supervisory Board since April 2021

Office term ends AGM 2026

Andreas Müller (born 1976, German national) is the founder, majority shareholder and CEO of S.D.L. Süddeutsche Leasing AG. As a result of numerous international M&A transactions and decades of experience in the financial services industry, Andreas Müller has proven expertise in corporate finance, restructuring and change management, particularly in the automotive and banking sectors. In addition, he accompanies innovative and technology-oriented growth start-ups, including cap-on GmbH, as a strategic investor and visionary partner. As managing partner of SDL Projektbau GmbH, he looks back on several years of experience in project development and is particularly dedicated to the development of innovative housing concepts up to complete city quarters in the DACH region. Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards: none. Membership in comparable supervisory bodies: none

Hannes Niederhauser

Member of the Supervisory Board

In KATEK Supervisory Board since April 2021

Office term ends AGM 2026

Hannes Niederhauser (born 1962, Austrian national) studied Electrical Engineering and graduated from Technische Universität Graz in 1987. He joined Infineon AG in Munich as a chip developer from 1987 up to 1989. From May 1989 through January 1994, he was the head of sales and development at Boards AG in Eching. In 1994, he took the position of Managing Director at Teknor GmbH. In 2001, Hannes Niederhauser took Kontron AG to its Initial Public Offering while serving as the chair of the board. Kontron is part of the technology group S&T AG, whose CEO is Hannes Niederhauser. Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards: none. Membership in comparable supervisory bodies: none

13. October 2021

KATEK strengthens eMobility business by investing in iOX Mobility GmbH

23. December 2020

KATEK acquires Leesys Group in Leipzig

Audit committee

Andreas Müller (Chairperson)
Klaus Weinmann (Deputy Chairperson)
Markus Saller (Member)

Nominating committee

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.

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Audit committee

Andreas Müller (Chairperson)
Klaus Weinmann (Deputy Chairperson)
Markus Saller (Member)

Nominating committee

Klaus Weinmann (Chairperson)
Markus Saller (Deputy Chairperson)
Hannes Niederhauser (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.