Group Management Board

Benedikt Niemeyer, Dipl.-Ing., Dipl.-Kfm (certified engineer and business graduate)

Chief Executive Officer of SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH AG

Key career positions

  • 2006 – 2012: Delegate to the Board of Directors of SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH AG
  • 2002 – 2011: CEO of SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH GmbH & Co. KG
  • 1999 – 2001: Chairman of the Board of Directors of Schneider Technologies AG
  • 1992 – 1999: Klöckner & Co AG, concluding as a member of the Board of Directors
  • 1985 – 1992: McKinsey & Company, concluding as Senior Engagement Manager

Dr. Marcel Imhof, Dr. oec. der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
(Doctor of Business Economics and Social Sciences)

Chief Operating Officer of SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH AG

Key career positions

  • 1996 – 2006: Chief Executive Officer of Swiss Steel AG
  • 1992 – 1996: Area Manager of the steel division at von Moos Holding AG
  • 1987 – 1991: Head of Sales for rolled steel (Walzstahl) at von Moos Holding AG
  • 1978 – 1986: Head of Sales for bright steel at von Moos Holding AG



Axel Euchner, Dipl.-Kfm (business graduate)

Chief Financial Officer of SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH AG

Key career positions

  • Since 2001: Chief Financial Officer of SCHMOLZ + BICKENBACH GmbH & Co. KG
  • 1993 – 2000: Financial Director at GEA AG
  • 1984 – 1992: Tax advisor at PricewaterhouseCoopers