Board of Directors
Broad industry experience, successful track records and diversity


As a trusted partner, Bystronic stands for high-performance innovations, local expertise, and service excellence. We are close to our customers. That builds trust and provides security. Our promise is to be “Your best choice”. Bystronic management and all its employees worldwide feel a commitment to this promise.

Dr. Heinz O. Baumgartner

Dr. Heinz O. Baumgartner

Committee membership:

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Year of birth:

1963

 

Nationality:

Swiss

 

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Dr. Heinz O. Baumgartner was Chief Executive Officer of Schweiter Technologies from 2008 to 2022 and has been a member of its Board of Directors since 2020 as well as Chairman since 2023. From 1996 to 2013, he was Chief Financial Officer of Schweiter Technologies. From 1992 to 1995, he was Controller at ABB Switzerland. Heinz O. Baumgartner is a member of the Board of Directors of the United Grinding Group.

Dr. Roland Abt

Dr. Roland Abt

Committee membership:

Chairman of the Audit Committee

Year of birth:

1957

Nationality:

Swiss

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Member of the Board of Directors since 2014
Chairman of the Audit Committee

Dr. Roland Abt is a member of the Board of Directors of Swisscom AG, Bern, and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Aargau Verkehr AG (AVA), Aarau. Previously, between 2004 and 2017, he was Chief Financial Officer of Georg Fischer Ltd., Schaffhausen, which he joined in 1996, initially as Chief Financial Officer of the Agie Charmilles Group (1997 to 2004). He held various positions at the Eternit Group in Switzerland and in Venezuela (1987 to 1996).

Dr. Matthias Auer

Dr. Matthias Auer

Committee membership:

Member of the Audit Committee

Year of birth:

1953

Nationality:

Swiss

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Dr. Matthias Auer has worked as an independent attorney and notary public in the Swiss canton of Glarus since 1981.

Inge Delobelle

Inge Delobelle

Committee membership:

Member of the Compensation Committee

Year of birth:

1969

Nationality:

Belgian

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Inge Delobelle has been Executive Vice President and Divisional CEO Industry at Grundfos, Bjerringbro, Denmark, since 2024. Previously, she was Chief Executive Officer of the BU Europe Africa at TK Elevator GmbH, Düsseldorf from 2018 to 2023. She joined the ThyssenKrupp Group in 2001 and held various management positions in the services, steel, and elevator divisions. Among other things, as CFO and later CEO, she was responsible for the steel service activities of TK Service Acier (France) and the global access solutions business of TK Elevator. Prior to 2001, she was an investment banking consultant with the Metzler private bank, Frankfurt, for seven years.

Urs Riedener

Urs Riedener

Committee membership:

Chairman of the Compensation Committee

Year of birth:

1965

Nationality:

Swiss

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Urs Riedener was Chief Executive Officer at Emmi, Lucerne, from 2008 until the end of 2022. Until 2008, he headed the marketing department and was a member of the General Directorate of the Federation of Migros Cooperatives MGB in Zurich. From 1992 until 2000, he worked for Kraft Jacobs Suchard and the Lindt & Sprüngli Group in various management roles. Urs Riedener is Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Emmi Group, a member of the Board of Directors of Sandoz Group AG, and a member of the Advisory Board of Schwarz Unternehmenstreuhand KG. In addition, he is a member of the Executive Committee of the Institute for Marketing and Customer Insight at the University of St. Gallen (HSG). 

Felix Schmidheiny

Felix Schmidheiny

Committee membership:

Member of the Audit Committee

 

Year of birth:

1984

Nationality:

Swiss

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Felix Schmidheiny is a member of the Board of Directors of Plazza AG.

Robert F. Spoerry

Robert F. Spoerry

Committee membership:

Member of the Compensation Committee

Year of birth:

1955

Nationality:

Swiss

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Robert F. Spoerry is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Mettler-Toledo International Inc., which he also headed as CEO from 1993 to 2007, and of Sonova Holding Ltd., Stäfa.

Eva Zauke

Eva Zauke

Committee membership:

Member of the Board of Directors

 

Year of birth:

1964

Nationality:

German

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Eva Zauke has been Executive Vice President in SAP product engineering since 2020, with responsibilities including quality of the software, localisation of all SAP software products globally and the enablement of SAP users. She joined SAP in 2005 and has held various leadership positions along the value chain. She launched her career with leadership and consulting roles at Oracle and Deutsche Post DHL Group.