Management Board

Born: 1956

Nationality: German

Initial appointment: 1992

Appointed until: 2019

After qualifying as a radio and television technician Claus Bolza-Schüneman took a degree in electrical and digital technology at Darmstadt University in 1984. He is married with four children.

Curriculum vitae

2011

President, Koenig & Bauer Group 

2003

Deputy president of Koenig & Bauer, with remit expanded from engineering and project management to include human resources management

1994

Full member of the board in charge of engineering and project management

1992

Deputy executive vice president engineering and development

1989

Head of the electrical planning and engineering division for web, sheetfed and security presses at Koenig & Bauer

1986

Head of BBC´s multi-unit press line project management for various European newspaper publishers

1985

Project engineer designing hardware and software for pressroom equipment at Brown Boveri & Cie. (BBC, later Asea Brown Boveri, or ABB) in Baden, Switzerland 

Other offices

• President of the German Printing Machines Research Association (FGD)
• President of the Printing and Paper Technologies Association within the German Engineering Federation (VDMA)
• Vice-President of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Würzburg-Schweinfurt
• drupa-president

Current Group mandates:

• Koenig & Bauer Flexotecnica S.p.A., Tavazzano/Italy, Member of Board
• Koengi & Bauer Kammann GmbH, Bad Oeynhausen/Germany, Chairman of Advisory Board
• KBA LATINA S A P I DE CV, Mexico City/Mexico, Chairman
• KBA-MePrint AG, Veitshöchheim/Germany, Member of Supervisory Board
• KBA-IBERICA DIE CUTTERS, S.A., El Prat de Llobregat/Spain, Member of Advisory Board
• Koenig & Bauer Coding GmbH, Veitshöchheim/Germany, Member of Advisory Board 
• Koenig & Bauer MetalPrint GmbH, Stuttgart/Germany, Member of Advisory Board
• Koenig & Bauer (AT) GmbH, Mödling/Austria, Chairman of Supervisory Board
• Koenig &  Bauer (US) Inc., Wilmington, DE/USA, Chairman
• KBA-NotaSys SA, Lausanne/Switzerland, President of Board of Directors

Other mandates: -

Born: 1967

Nationality: German

Initial appointment: 2014

Appointed until: 2019

Curriculum vitae

2014

CFO at Koenig & Bauer AG

2011

CFO at Zumtobel AG

2008

Director of group purchasing at MAN Diesel & Turbo

2005

Director of group controlling at the MAN Group

2004

CFO at Loyalty Partner GmbH

2000

Managerial post in controlling at debitel

1997

Managerial positions at Robert Bosch GmbH Head of controlling for Eastern Europe and audit manager for internal audits at Robert Bosch GmbH

1995

Commercial trainee at Robert Bosch GmbH

Current Group mandates:

• Koenig & Bauer (AU) Pty. Ltd., Campbelltown/Australia, Member of Board
• Koenig & Bauer (SEA) Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia, Member of Board
• Koenig & Bauer (DE) GmbH, Radebeul/Germany, Member of Advisory Board
• Koenig & Bauer Flexotecnica S.p.A., Tavazzano/Italy, Member of Board
• KBA (HK) Company Ltd., Hong Kong/China, Director
• Koenig & Bauer Kammann GmbH, Bad Oeynhausen/Germany, Member of Advisory Board
• KBA Leasing GmbH, Bad Homburg/Germany, Chairman of Advisory Board
• Koenig & Bauer MetalPrint GmbH, Stuttgart/Germany, Chairman of Advisory Board
• KBA-MePrint AG, Veitshöchheim/Germany, Chairman of Supervisory Board
• Koenig & Bauer Coding GmbH, Veitshöchheim/Germany, Chairman of Advisory Board
• KBA-NotaSys SA, Lausanne/Switzerland, Member of Board of Directors       
• KBA Printing Machinery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai/VR China, Director
• Koenig & Bauer (AT) GmbH, Mödling/Austria, Member of Supervisory Board

Other mandates: -

Born: 1961

Nationality: German

Initial appointment: 2006

Appointed until: 2019

Curriculum Vitae

2006

Member of the board of Koenig & Bauer AG with responsibility for Sales, Marketing and Service.  

1995

Divisional director and member of the executive board at the Koenig & Bauer facility in Frankenthal with responsibly for commercial and publication rotogravure presses, granted power of procuration in 1998.

1989

Head of the Marketing Department in Frankenthal.

1987

Team leader of the Sales Administration and Marketing Department, Albert-Frankenthal AG.

Current Group mandates:

• Koenig & Bauer FT Engineering GmbH, Frankenthal/Germany, Chairman of Advisory Board
• PrintHouseService GmbH, Würzburg/Germany, Chairman of Advisory Board
• Koenig & Bauer Flexotecnica S.p.A., Tavazzano/Italy, CEO 

Other mandates: - 

Born: 1962

Nationality: German

Initial appointment: 2007

Appointed until: 2019

Ralf Sammeck is married with two children. The qualified printing-press engineer joined KBA Radebeul on September 1, 2000 as an assistant vice-president and sales director for digital printing systems.

Curriculum vitae

2007

Executive vice-president sheetfed sales, marketing and service at Koenig & Bauer

2002

President and CEO of Koenig & Bauer (US) Inc. in Williston, Vermont (USA)

2000

Assistant vice-president and sales director for digital printing systems at Koenig & Bauer Radebeul

1996

Managing partner at Sander in Wuppertal

1995

Head of Heidelberg’s Düsseldorf subsidiary

1994

Head of Heidelberg’s Stuttgart subsidiary

1993

Sales manager at Heidelberg’s Stuttgart subsidiary

1990

Sales clerk and product manager at press manufacturer Heidelberg

Current Group mandates:

• Koenig & Bauer (AU) Pty.Ltd., Campbelltown/Australia, Director
• Koenig & Bauer do Brasil Comércio de Impressoras e Serviços Ltda., São Paulo/ Brazil, Chairman
• Print Assist AG, Höri/Switzerland, President of Board of Directors
• KBA (HK) Company Ltd., Hong Kong/China, Member of Board
• KBA Printing Machinery (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai/VR China, Member of Board
• Koenig & Bauer (DE) GmbH, Radebeul/Germany, Chairman of Advisory Board
• KBA NORDIC A/S Værløse/Denmark, Member of Board
• Koenig & Bauer (FR) SAS, Tremblay-en-France/France, Member of Board
• Koenig & Bauer (UK) Ltd., Watford/GB, Chairman of Board
• KBA ITALIA S.R.L., Lainate/Italy, Member of Board
• Koenig & Bauer (SEA) Sdn. Bhd., Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia, Company Director
• KBA LATINA S A P I DE CV, Mexico City/Mexico, Member of Board
• Holland Graphic Occasions B.V., Wieringerwerf/Netherlands, Chairman of Advisory Board
• KBA CEE Sp. z.o.o., Warsaw/Poland, Chairman of Board
• KBA Japan Co., Ltd, Tokyo/Japan, Chairman of Board
• Koenig & Bauer KR CO., LTD., Goyan-si/South Korea, Chairman of Board
• KBA RUS OOO, Moscow/Russia, Member of Board
• Koenig & Bauer (US) Inc., Wilmington, DE/USA, Member of Board
• KBA-IBERICA DIE CUTTERS, S.A., El Prat de Llobregat/Spain, Chairman of Board

Other mandates: -