Executive Board

Hannes Niederhauser

CEO KATEK SE

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 Management

Dr. Marc Achhammer

COO | CHRO

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.

Klauspeter Bader

CSO | Chief Sales Officer

Klauspeter Bader is a specialist in the field of corporate management and has successfully accompanied international companies and departments in their strategic reorientation. He has extensive materials management expertise and in-depth solution and process knowledge in intralogistics (dynamic storage systems).

Petra Becker

CTRO | Chief Transformation Officer

Petra Becker brings many years of experience at home and abroad in a wide range of industries, electrical engineering, semiconductors and automotive. With a thorough background in controlling, she has successfully implemented several complex IT projects, and as VP in the supply chain management of a DAX company in the automotive supply sector, she played a key role for several years in shaping the transformation of the supply chain, successively changed the structures and processes and contributed to success during this time. In 2019, she and her team won the VDA’s “Logistic Award”.

As a former member of the German national speed skating team, she knows that stamina, focus and helpful routines within the team make a major contribution to success.

Christoph Antener

CPO | Chief Procurement Officer

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.

Stefan Goldschmid

Group Director Business Performance

Stefan Goldschmid has worked in management consulting and in the startup sector. Due to his experience in very dynamic environments and in fast-growing companies, he is specialized in building reporting structures and creating number transparency in order to provide management with data-based decision-making tools. Since 2019 at KATEK, Stefan Goldschmid centralizes all relevant data from the group and is responsible for the implementation of strategic projects as well as digitalization measures in cooperation with the subsidiaries.

Jürgen Lauter

Group Director Strategic Projects

Jürgen Lauter can look back on many years of experience in the successful development and management of an established EMS company. In addition to business know-how in the areas of purchasing, logistics, finance and change management, the business graduate also brings in-depth technical knowledge in sales, key account management, technical processes and quality assurance in the electronics industry. Furthermore, he can look back on intensive project experience in outsourcing and M&A. Most recently, he was CEO of Katek Mauerstetten GmbH.

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

Katrin Fricke

Managing Director KATEK GmbH Grassau

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.

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.

Hendrik Thiel

Managing Director KATEK Memmingen GmbH

As a graduate in business administration and electrical engineering, Hendrik Thiel has many years of experience in direct and indirect sales. He has successfully demonstrated his valuable know-how in the electronics industry, especially in the establishment and expansion of international sales organisations and the development and implementation of sales strategies in his career to date. His last position was Director Sales & Marketing at HEITEC AG.

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

Jochen Paukert has comprehensive experience in the automotive environment. For more than 20 years he has built up business units and companies in various functions, acquiring comprehensive expertise in business development, automotive electronics system development and the reorientation of organisations.

Stefan Redl

Managing Director beflex electronic GmbH and Managing Director Katek GmbH Grassau

Stefan Redl completed an apprenticeship as a tax clerk and then studied business administration with a focus on auditing, taxes and human resources management at the LMU Munich. He has many years of professional experience in tax consulting and auditing, including working for the Big 4 (Ernst & Young) and Moore Stephens with a focus on international tax, M&A tax and audit. He has advised major clients such as Kabel Deutschland and Motel One and conducted numerous financial, tax and vendor due diligences.
Stefan Redl gained comprehensive knowledge in all areas along the electronics value chain at the Grassau location. With the expertise gained in commercial, strategic and production areas of an electronics service provider, he was most recently responsible for commercial management as an authorized signatory in Grassau. In mid-July 2021, he was also appointed to the management board of beflex electronic GmbH.

Sven Heidenwag

Managing Director eSystems MTG GmbH

Sven Heidenwag is a specialist in the automotive and industrial sectors. He owes his experience to many years of work in various commercial functions and thus has extensive expertise in controlling, finance and accounting, transfer pricing, group accounting and restructuring.

Martin Wühr

Managing Director KATEK Leipzig GmbH

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.

Dr. Arnd Karden

Managing Director 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 in Switzerland.

Supervisory Board

Prof. Dr. Constanze Chwallek

Prof. Dr. Constanze Chwallek

Member of the Supervisory Board / Financial Expert Accounting

In KATEK Supervisory Board since June 2023

Office term ends AGM 2028

Prof. Dr. Constanze Chwallek, resident in Aachen, Professor at the Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Department of Economics, Aachen, Prof. Dr. Constanze Chwallek (born 1967, nationality German) studied economics and business administration in Kiel, Maastricht and Aachen from 1986. She graduated in business administration from RWTH Aachen University in 1992 and received her doctorate in 1997 from the Chair of Corporate Accounting and Finance on the topic: Valuation Relevance of Published Cash Flow Statements of Listed German Companies. Following her doctorate, she worked as a management consultant, primarily focusing on strategy development for internationally operating groups and medium-sized companies in a wide range of sectors, and was appointed to the University of Applied Sciences Trier in 2003 to teach Management and Entrepreneurship. Since 2010, she has been a professor in the Entrepreneurship Department at Aachen University of Applied Sciences, specialising in corporate entrepreneurship and business model innovation. Memberships in other statutory supervisory boards: Chairwoman of the supervisory board of Adapton AG (not listed), member of the supervisory board of Stemmer AG (listed) until 12.05.23. Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of business enterprises: none

23. December 2022

Study – Part 3: How the automotive industry was affected in 2022 – and how it is positioning itself for the future

4. November 2022

KATEK appoints Chief Sales Officer and Chief Transformation Officer

23. August 2022

Study – Part 2: Materials that are lacking most often in the electronics industry – these are the sales losses

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.

Audit committee

  • Prof. Dr. Constanze Chwallek (Chairperson)
  • Klaus Weinmann (Deputy Chairperson)
  • Markus Saller (Member)

Nominating committee

  • Klaus Weinmann (Chairperson)
  • Markus Saller (Deputy Chairperson)

Updated: November 2023
Section C.14 of the German Corporate Governance Code recommends that the curriculum vitae of Supervisory Board members be updated annually.