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As the management team of an international and innovative technology group, we value and promote inventiveness and creativity at the highest level. ZEISS is represented in around 50 countries. In Germany alone, we employ people from over 90 nations. Our company is characterized by a lively corporate culture of diversity, tolerance and openness. Our business success is based on these values. For this reason, too, we are joining the initiative.

Management & Gremien
Management & committees

Dr. Karl Lamprecht

President and CEO of the ZEISS Group
Dr. Karl Lamprecht President and CEO of the ZEISS Group

Karl Lamprecht is President and CEO of the ZEISS Group and oversees Strategic Development, Brand, Communications and Public Affairs, Research & Technology, and Ventures. He also oversees the Australasia, China, India, and Southeast Asia sales regions.

Susan-Stefanie Breitkopf

Chief Transformation Officer of the ZEISS Group
Susan-Stefanie Breitkopf Chief Transformation Officer of the ZEISS Group

Susan-Stefanie Breitkopf has been Chief Transformation Officer at the ZEISS Group since 2022. She has responsibility for Corporate Projects, Digital Innovation, Human Resources, Information Technology & Information Security, Management System, Operational Excellence, Shared Procurement & Logistic Services, Transformation Office, and US Shared Services. She is also Director of Labour Relations at Carl Zeiss AG.

Sven Hermann

Member of the Executive Board of the ZEISS Group
Sven Hermann Member of the Executive Board of the ZEISS Group

Sven Hermann has been a member of the Executive Board of ZEISS Group since 2022 and Head of the Consumer Markets segment. In addition, he oversees the Africa, Belgium and the Netherlands, Brazil, Canada and Mexico sales regions.

Stefan Müller

Chief Financial Officer of the ZEISS Group
Stefan Müller, Member of the Executive Board and CFO of the ZEISS Group

Stefan Müller is CFO of the ZEISS Group. As Member of the Executive Board, he oversees Finance & Controlling, Consolidation, Accounting & Tax, Financial Services, Business Services & Infrastructure, Auditing & Risk Management, Security, Legal, Trademarks & Compliance, Data Protection, Export Control & Customs and the Russia sales region.

Andreas Pecher

Member of the Executive Board of the ZEISS Group
Andreas Pecher Member of the Executive Board of the ZEISS Group

Andreas Pecher became Member of the Executive Board of the ZEISS Group in 2022 and heads the Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology segment. In addition, he is in the Executive Board of the ZEISS Group responsible for Patents and the Shared Production Unit, and oversees the Korea sales region. He also holds the position of President and CEO of Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH.

Dr. Jochen Peter

Member of the Executive Board of the ZEISS Group
Dr. Jochen Peter Member of the Executive Board of the ZEISS Group

Jochen Peter is Member of the Executive Board of the ZEISS Group and heads the Industrial Quality & Research segment comprising the Industrial Quality Solutions and Research Microscopy Solutions Strategic Business Units. In addition, he oversees the Austria, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Italy, Nordics and United Kingdom sales regions. He is also President and CEO of Carl Zeiss IQR GmbH. Effective 1 January 2018 Jochen Peter became Member of the Executive Board.

Dr. Markus Weber

Member of the Executive Board of the ZEISS Group
Dr. Markus Weber Member of the Executive Board of the ZEISS Group

Markus Weber is Member of the Executive Board of the ZEISS Group and heads the Medical Technology segment. In addition, he is in the Executive Board of the ZEISS Group responsible for Corporate Management System, and oversees the Japan, Spain, France and Turkey sales regions. He is also President & CEO of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG.

Supervisory Board of Carl Zeiss AG

The Supervisory Board of Carl Zeiss AG has 16 members. In accordance with the provisions of the German Co-Determination Act, half the members are representatives of the sole shareholder - the Carl Zeiss Foundation - and the other half are representatives of the workforce.

Members of the Supervisory Board

  • Dr. Michael Bolle
    Chairman
    Chairman of the Foundation Council of the Carl Zeiss Foundation, Heidenheim an der Brenz and Jena

    Jan Brecht
    Chief Information Officer & Head of Transformation, Mercedes-Benz Group AG, Stuttgart

    Dr. Thelse Godewerth
    Chief People Officer & Labour Director of Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG, Friedrichshafen

    Dr. Stefan Kampmann
    Owner of &alwaysahead, Munich

    Dr. Joachim Kreuzburg
    CEO of Sartorius AG, Göttingen

    Prof. Dr. Thomas Kropf
    President Corporate Research (EVP) at Robert Bosch GmbH, Renningen

    Gert-Hartwig Lescow
    CFO and Deputy Chairman of the Board at Drägerwerk AG & Co. KGaA, Lübeck

    Clara Sattler de Sousa e Brito
    Senior Vice President & Global Head of Sales Advances Therapies at Siemens Healthineers AG, Forchheim

    Prof. Dr. Tanja Weil
    Director of the Max-Planck-Institute for Polymer Research

    Dr. Rutger Wijburg
    Member of the Executive Board and Chief Operations Officer of Infineon Technologies AG, Neubiberg

  • Angelika Franzke
    Deputy Chairwoman
    Chairwoman of the Group Employee Representative Council of Carl Zeiss AG, Oberkochen

    Prof. Dr. Martin Allespach
    Director and Head of the University of Labour, Frankfurt am Main

    Gerhard Bösner
    Chairman of the Works Council of Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH, Oberkochen

    Renè Denner
    Chairman of the Works Council of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG, Jena

    Christoph Ellinghaus
    1st authorized representative of the IG Metall branch office Jena-Saalfeld, Jena

    Uwe Frey
    Chairman of the Works Council of Carl Zeiss Vision GmbH, Aalen

    Steffen Haßel
    Member of the Carl Zeiss AG Works Council exempted from normal duties, Oberkochen

    Tamara Hübner
    First Authorized Representative of the IG Metall, Aalen and Schwäbisch Gmünd Administrative Office, Aalen and Schwäbisch Gmünd

    Andreas Kopf
    Head of Services Accounting and Tax at Carl Zeiss AG, Oberkochen

    Lazgin Sis
    Group representative for severely disabled employees at Carl Zeiss AG, Oberkochen