Born: 1962

Nationality: Swiss

CEO since: 2012

K&B Management Group member since: 2015

Career History

2001

Joined the management committee after integration of De La Rue Giori into the KBA Group

1999

Aquired further HR responsibilities

1996

Joined De La Rue Giori as Commercial Director

Background

After a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Business Management at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich, Mr. Boissonnas worked as a consultant and manager in IT systems, business process re-engineering and Change Management for Andersen Consulting for nearly 10 years.

Born: 1971

Nationality: Austrian

CFO since: 2019

Career History

2019

Joined KBA-NotaSys as CFO

2016

Joined Altran Deutschland as CFO

2002

Appointed CFO for voestalpine BWG

1998

Joined voestalpine, appointed as CFO in Romania

Background

After receiving his degree in Mechanical Engineering at the Higher Technical Federal Training and Research Institute in Graz-Gösting, Mr. Haubmann also obtained his MBA at the University of Graz, Austria, and at Rider University, New Jersey. He began and continued his career as CFO in several companies within the voestalpine Group located in Romania, and throughout Germany. voestalpine is an international steel-based technology and capital goods group.

Born: 1965

Nationality: Swiss, German

Head of Sales since: 2015

Career History

2002

Appointed Regional Director of KBA-NotaSys

1999

Koenig & Bauer Head of Design, Security Printing Presses & Project Management

Background

After a degree in Mechanical Engineering Design at WRTH Aachen University, Mr. Hendle began his career as Product Manager at Oerlikon Saurer Arbon prior to joining Koenig & Bauer.

Born: 1986

Nationality: German

Head of Services - Operations since: 2020

Career History

2019

Appointed Senior Manager Service Projects and Products

2018

Project Manager and Assistant to KBA-NotaSys Management Board

2015

Business Development Manager and Assistant to Koenig & Bauer Executive Board

2009

Joined Koenig & Bauer as Design Engineer for Intaglio presses

Background

Mr. Zierold began his career at Koenig & Bauer after obtaining his degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2009 from Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University Mosbach (DHBW Mosbach).

Born: 1967

Nationality: British

Head of Production and Training Services since: 2018

Career History

2014

Appointed Production Services Group Manager

2012

Joined KBA-NotaSys as Process Integration Support Manager

2010

Became Divisional Project Manager for De La Rue Supply Chain

2007

Returning to the UK as Technical Services Manager, assisting many global State Print Works to improve their production processes

2004

Became QESH Manager (Quality, Environment, Safety and Health) and later Production Manager at De La Rue, Sri Lanka

2002

Became Technical Advisor at De La Rue's Malta production facility

Background

Mr. Hopper entered the banknote industry as a letterpress printer apprentice for De La Rue Currency. Once qualified as designated printer, he then worked on all aspects of banknote printing including intaglio, offset, numbering, foiling and screen. During his time at De La Rue's Gateshead site, Mr. Hopper also completed his honours degree in Business Management.

Born: 1972

Nationality: Austrian

Head of HR Development since: 2019

Career History

2014

Appointed CFO at Koenig & Bauer (AT) GmbH and further responsibilities within HR

2007

Graduated with an MBA from the University of Liverpool

2002

Joined Koenig & Bauer (AT) GmbH as Head of Finance and Accounting

1998

Appointed Head of Finance and HR at Makita Austria

1994

Joined Makita Austria as Financial Department Assistant

Background

After obtaining his degree in 1991 from the International Business College Hetzendorf in Vienna, Mr. Galik worked as a Tax and Accounting Advisor where he completed his skills in financials inclusive of human resources. Throughout his work for Makita Austria, he was responsible for the set up of subsidiaries in Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Russia supporting the development of the Central and Eastern European area.

Born: 1983

Nationality: French

Head of Product Management and Innovation since: 2018

Career History

2015

Appointed Senior Product Manager 

2011

Joined KBA-NotaSys as Product Manager

2008

Project Engineer at Parker Hannifin

2006

Design Engineer for Nissan Motors Iberica

Background

After a degree in Mechanical Engineering Design at the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon (INSA Lyon), Ms. Berthon continued her education in Industrial Engineering at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, and achieved her masters at the Università di Pisa within the Mechanics, Nuclear and Production Department. Throughout her career she has achieved leadership programme and strategic R&D management certifications from the graduate school of INSEAD (European Institute of Business Administration).

Born: 1990

Nationality: German

Head of Data, Vision and Authentication Solutions since: 2020

Career History

2019

Appointed Business Development Manager, responsible for New Businesses

2018

Project and Program Manager for Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions

2016

Appointed Business Development Manager, Koenig & Bauer AG

2013

Joined Koenig & Bauer AG as Design Engineer

Background

Mr. Schubert completed his apprenticeship as a mechatronic fitter for commercial newspaper presses. He then went to further his studies obtaining his Bachelor Degree in Mechatronics and afterwards a Master Degree in Technology and Innovation Management. In parallel of his studies, he started his professional career in the R&D department at Koenig & Bauer.

Born: 1978

Nationality: German

Head of Engineering since: 2019

Career History

2015

Head of Development, at Perfecta Cuttings Systems

2012

Head of Research at the Institute of Printing Science and Technology, Technische Universität Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt)

2009

Obtained Phd in Mechanical Engineering from TU Darmstadt.
Researcher at the National Metrology Institute of Germany (PTB)

Background

After a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Process Engineering at Technische Universität Darmstadt, Dr. Neumann began his career as a researcher at the Institute of Printings Science and Technology. He then went to complete his doctorate where he then pursued work in the industry sector.

Born:  1963

Nationality:  Austrian

Head of Operations since: 2015

Career History

2017

Appointed also CPO Koenig & Bauer AG

2015

Appointed CEO at Koenig & Bauer AT as well as Head of Operations for KBA-NotaSys

2010

Joined Koenig & Bauer AT as Head of Operations

2005

CTO Holz Her Spezialmaschinen GmbH

1984

CTO of Battenfeld Spritzgießtechnik GmbH


Background

Mr. Vogl earned his degree in Industrial Engineering from HTL Mödling as well as his business degree from BWL Vienna.

Born: 1964

Nationality: German

Head of Project & Resource Management since: 2015

Career History

2015

Appointed CEO at NotaSys AG & Co. KG Würzburg as well as Head of Project & Resource Management for KBA-NotaSys

2010

Appointed Divisional Head of NotaSys Würzburg

2006

Technical Division Manager of Heatset Web Press

2003

Became Product Manager of double-width and triple-width newspaper web presses
Project Manager for Key Accounts

1998

Project Manager for Newspaper Web Press

1991

Joined Koenig & Bauer as R&D Engineer

Background

After a degree in Mechanical Engineering at Clausthal University of Technology in Germany, Mr. Hohmann began his work for Koenig & Bauer in 1991.