Management Board of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG

Maximilian Foerst was appointed Chairman of the Management Board of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG in June 2025. He has Board responsibility for the Microsurgery and Ophthalmology Strategic Business Units, Operations, Digital Transformation, Human Resources, Strategy & Ventures as well Communication.

In June 2025, Maximilian Foerst was appointed to the ZEISS Group Executive Board.

Maximilian Foerst was born in the UK in 1968. After training as an industrial administrator in 1995, he completed a degree in business administration at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He also graduated with an MBA from the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia,
in the US.

Justus Felix Wehmer was appointed to the position of Chief Financial Officer and Member of the Management Board of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG in October 2018. In the Management Board he has responsibilities for Group Finance and Management Accounting, Investor Relations, Quality Management, Regulatory & Clinical Affairs, Sustainability, Compliance, IT, Legal Affairs and Taxes.

Justus Felix Wehmer is also a member of the ZEISS Group Leadership Team.

Justus Felix Wehmer, born in 1965, studied business administration at the Academy of Business and Administration in Essen and was awarded the degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA) by the London Business School in 1995.