Executive Board of Koenig & Bauer

A Strong Team

Our management board displays confident aplomb as it guides the Group with its two segments Paper & Packing Sheetfed Systems (P&P) and Special & New Technologies (S&T) along the road to corporate success, making strategic decisions that reflect the challenges for our industry, society at large and our customers.

Dr Andreas Pleßke

CEO Koenig & Bauer

Group Responsibility: Strategy, Global HR, Corporate Responsibility (ESG), Group Communications, Legal, Compliance

  • Born 1961 in Hof/Saale 
  • Nationality: German
  • Study: Legal Studies (DE), Economics (USA)
  • Initial appointment: 2014
  • Appointed until: 2025

Professional stations within the company:

  • since 2021 CEO Koenig & Bauer, CEO Segment Special
  • 12/2018 - 12/2020 CEO Segment Special, Business Unit Industrial
  • 05/2016 - 11/2018 Member of the Supervisory Board
  • 06/2017 - 05/2018 Delegation CEO of the Segment Special
  • 05/2014 - 04/2016 CRO/Chief Restructuring Officer

Others:

  • 2013 - 2014 Leitz Group | Precision Tools | Operational Advisory Board and CRO
  • 2009 - 2012 William Prym Group | Metal Processing | CRO and Segment-CEO
  • 2008 Private Equity MBI | Project Engine Production
  • 2001 - 2007 Grob Group | Mechanical and Plant Engineering, Aircraft Construction Chairman of the Management Board, Supervisory Board
  • 1989 - 2000 Lawyer

Group mandates:

  • Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions SA, Lausanne, Switzerland | Chairman of Board of Directors
  • Koenig & Bauer (AT) GmbH, Mödling, Austria | Chairman of the Supervisory Board
  • KBA-SWISS HOLDING SA, Lausanne, Switzerland | Chairman of Board of Directors

Other mandates:

  • Chairman of the drupa Committee
  • m.a.x. Informationstechnologie AG, Munich, Chairman of the Supervisory Board
  • Bausch + Ströbel SE + Co. KG (general partner company), Ilshofen | Member of the Supervisory Board
  • Bullinger + Ströbel SE + Co. KG (general partner company), Ilshofen | Member of the Supervisory Board
  • SmartOne Consulting AG, Berg | Member of the Supervisory Board

Dr Stephen M. Kimmich

CFO and Deputy CEO Koenig & Bauer

CEO Segment Special

Group Responsibility: Finance, Treasury, Controlling, IT, M&A, Investor Relations

  • born 1977 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA
  • Nationality: USA
  • Study: Master and Doctor of Business Administration (USA, DE, UK), Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (USA)
  • Initial appointment: 2020
  • Appointed until: 2026

Professional stations:

  • Since 2024 Koenig & Bauer AG | CFO and Deputy Chief Executive Officer
  • 2021 - 2023 Koenig & Bauer AG | CFO
  • 2018 - 2020 Joyson Safety Systems, Aschaffenburg, Germany | CFO EMEA
  • 2015 - 2018 TAKATA AG, Aschaffenburg, Germany | CFO EMEA
  • 2011 - 2015 TAKATA Corporation, Aschaffenburg, Germany / Tokyo, Japan | Vice President – Corporate Planning
  • 2008 - 2011 TAKATA AG, Aschaffenburg, Germany | Business Development Europe
  • 2000 - 2008  various positions in Engineering & Program Management USA, Freiberg/Sa., Fürth, Aschaffenburg, Germany

Group mandates:

  • Koenig & Bauer US | Chairman of the Board
  • Koenig & Bauer LATAM | Member of the Board
  • Koenig & Bauer Finance | Managing Director
  • Koenig & Bauer Durst | Member of the Board

Dipl.-Ing. Ralf Sammeck

CDO Koenig & Bauer

CEO Segment Sheetfed

Group Responsibility: Group Sales, Digitalisation

  • born 1962 in Schiefbahn
  • Nationality: German
  • Study: Diploma Printing Engineer
  • Initial appointment: 2007
  • Appointed until: 2025

Professional stations within the company:

  • since 2020 CDO
  • since 2007 Member of the Executive Board, Segment Sheetfed
  • 04/2002 - 07/2007 CEO and President North America, Koenig & Bauer (US) Inc., Williston/Vermont (USA)
  • 09/2000 - 03/2002 Sales director digital printing systems and procurator Radebeul

others:

  • 1996 Sander GmbH, Wuppertal | Managing partner
  • 1995 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG | Head of subsidiary Düsseldorf
  • 1994 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG | Head of subsidiary Stuttgart
  • 1993 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG | Sales manager of subsidiary Stuttgart
  • 1990 Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG | Sales and product manager

Group mandates:

  • Koenig & Bauer (CH) AG, Höri, Switzerland | President of Board of Directors
  • Koenig & Bauer (HK) Co. Limited, Hongkong, PR China | Member of the Board
  • Koenig & Bauer Printing Machinery (Shanghai) Co. Limited, Shanghai, PR China | Member of the Board
  • Koenig & Bauer DK A/S, Værløse, Denmark | Member of the Board
  • Koenig & Bauer (UK) Limited, Watford, Great Britain | Chairman of the Board
  • Koenig & Bauer IT S.R.L., Lainate, Italy | Member of the Board
  • Koenig & Bauer (SEA) Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia | Member of the Board
  • Koenig & Bauer LATAM S.A.P.I. de C.V., Mexico City, Mexico | Chairman of the Board
  • Koenig & Bauer CEE Sp. z.o.o., Warsaw, Poland | Chairman of the Board
  • Koenig & Bauer (US) Inc., Dallas, USA | Member of the Board
  • Koenig & Bauer Iberica, S.A., El Prat de Llobregat, Spain | Member of the Board
  • Koenig & Bauer Duran Karton Ambalaj Teknolojileri Sanayi A. S., Istanbul, Turkey | Member of the Board
  • Koenig & Bauer Durst GmbH, Würzburg | Member of the Board