Board of Management

  Robert J. Koehler

Robert J. Koehler

Chairman/Chief Executive Officer

Responsibilities

  • Corporate Development
  • Corporate Communications
  • Internal Revision
  • Legal
  • Management Development
  • Asia

External board memberships:

  • Benteler International AG1, Salzburg, Austria
  • Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG1, Heidelberg, Germany
  • Klöckner & Co. SE, Duisburg, Germany
  • LANXESS AG, Leverkusen, Germany

Internal board memberships:

  • SGL CARBON S.p.A., Milan, Italy
  • SGL CARBON SDN BHD, Banting, Malaysia
  • SGL CARBON S.A., La Coruña, Spain

Curriculum Vitae

Date/Place of Birth: 1949 in Munich, Germany

Studies: Business Administration, Mainz and Frankfurt, Germany

Professional Development:

  • Head of Corporate Planning, Hoechst AG, Germany
  • President of Hoechst Colombiana S.A., Colombia
  • Head of Industrial Division and Member of the space Management Committee, Hoechst UK Ltd., United Kingdom
  • Head of Chemical Division, Hoechst UK Ltd., United Kindom
  • Product Manager Organic Chemicals, Hoechst AG, Germany
  Theodore H. Breyer

Theodore H. Breyer

Deputy Chief Executive Officer

Responsibilities

  • Carbon Fibers & Composites
  • Engineering
  • Environment, Health and Safety Affairs
  • Purchasing
  • North and South America

Internal board memberships:

  • Brembo SGL CARBON Ceramic Brakes S.p.A., Milan, Italy
  • HITCO CARBON COMPOSITES Inc.1, Gardena, USA
  • SGL CARBON LLC, Charlotte, USA

Curriculum Vitae

Date/Place of Birth: 1948 in New York, N.Y., USA

Studies: Chemistry and Business Administration, New York, N.Y., USA

Professional Development:

  • Head of Carbon and Graphite North America, SGL CARBON Corp./USA
  • Internal Consulting, SGL CARBON AG
  • Vice President and General Manager, Bulk Pharmaceutical Products, Hoechst Celanese Corp./USA
  • Several positions Caltex Petroleum Corp., New York, Bahrain, Kenya, South Africa
  Juergen Muth

Juergen Muth

Chief Financial Officer

Responsibilities

  • Group Controlling
  • Group Treasury
  • Group Accounting
  • Financial Reporting
  • Human Resources
  • Information Technology
  • Taxes

Internal board memberships:

  • SGL CARBON GmbH, Meitingen, Germany
  • SGL CARBON Holding S.L., La Coruña, Spain

Curriculum Vitae

Date/Place of Birth: 1957 in Düsseldorf, Germany

Studies: Business Administration, Cologne, Germany

Professional Development:

  • Vice President Controlling & Business Administration
    Business Unit Graphite Materials & Systems, SGL CARBON GmbH, Wiesbaden, Germany
  • Managing Director Finance & Controlling (CFO), Trevira Holding GmbH and Trevira GmbH, Hattersheim/Main, Germany
  • Corporate Services Manager, Member of the Executive Committee, Dystar Textilfarben GmbH & Co. KG, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
  • Social Policy Manager in Human Resources, Hoechst AG, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
  • Division Manager for Finance & Accounting, Hoechst AG, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
  • Finance & Accounting, Rheinbraun AG, Cologne, Germany
  Armin Bruch

Armin Bruch

Responsibilities

  • Performance Products
  • SGL Excellence
  • Europe and Russia
  • Corporate Marketing & Advertising

External board memberships:

  • SKW Stahl-Metallurgie Holding AG, Munich

Internal board memberships:

  • SGL CARBON SDN BHD, Banting, Malaysia
  • SGL Tokai CARBON Ltd.1, Shanghai, China
  • SGL CARBON Holding S.L., La Coruña, Spain
  • SGL CARBON S.p.A., Lainate (Mi), Italy

Curriculum Vitae

Date/Place of Birth: 1953 in Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Studies: Business Administration, Mainz, Germany

Professional Development:

  • Chairman Business Unit Performance Products, SGL CARBON GmbH Wiesbaden, Germany
  • Vice President Commercial, BU PP, SGL CARBON GmbH, Wiesbaden, Germany
  • Vice President Business Line Acetly Derivate and Polyole, Celanese Frankfurt/Dallas, Germany/USA
  • Vice President Business Line Oxo Produkte, Hoechst Celanese Chemicals Frankfurt, Germany
  • General Marketing Manager Solvents, Hoechst Celanese Dallas, USA
  • Marketing Manager Electronic Chemicals, Hoechst AG Frankfurt, Germany
  • Marketing Research Manager Chemicals, Hoechst UK, Hounslow, United Kingdom
  • Several Positions in Marketing Chemicals, Hoechst AG, Frankfurt, Germany
  Dr. Gerd Wingefeld

Dr. Gerd Wingefeld

Responsibilities

  • Graphite Materials & Systems
  • Technology & Innovation

Internal board memberships:

  • SGL Tokai Process Technology Pte. Ltd., Singapore1
  • SGL Quanhai CARBON (Shanxi) Co., Ltd., Shanxi Province1, China
  • SGL CARBON Far East Ltd., Shanghai, China
  • SGL CARBON Japan Ltd., Tokyo1

Curriculum Vitae

Date/Place of Birth: 1958 in Gießen, Germany

Studies: Chemistry, Gießen, Germany

Professional Development:

  • Chairman Business Unit Graphite Materials & Systems, SGL CARBON GmbH, Wiesbaden
  • Chairman Business Line Graphite Specialties, SGL CARBON GmbH, Wiesbaden, Germany
  • Vice President Machining Graphite Specialties, SGL CARBON GmbH, Wiesbaden, Germany
  • Director for Operations & Technology Oxo Products, Celanese AG, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Head of R & D BU Inorganic Chemicals, Hoechst AG, Frankfurt, Germany
  • Several Positions in R & D and Staff Functions, Hoechst AG, Frankfurt, Germany

 

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