Executive Board
Stefan Fuchs
Chairman of the Executive Board of FUCHS PETROLUB SE
Born: 1968 | Place of residence: Hirschberg | Nationality: German
First appointment: 1999 (Chairman since 2004) | Appointed until: June 2026
Business segments: Corporate Group Development, Human Resources, PR & Marketing, Strategy, Automotive Aftermarket Division
Memberships on statutory supervisory boards and other governance bodies:
- Member of the Supervisory Board of TRUMPF GmbH + Co. KG (not listed)
Education:
1987 - 1994 Studied business management at Mannheim University; graduated as an MBA
Career:
1994 - 1996 Auditing assistant at Wollert-Elmendorff Deutsche Industrie-Treuhand GmbH, Mannheim
08/1996 Joined FUCHS PETROLUB AG Oel + Chemie
01/1997 - 07/1999 Posted to Fuchs Lubricants Co., Harvey, Illinois/USA; responsible for Argentina, Brazil and Mexico
08/1999 Appointed a deputy member of the Executive Board of FUCHS PETROLUB AG, Mannheim; responsible for FUCHS EUROPE (CEO)
since 01/2004 Chairman of the Executive Board of FUCHS PETROLUB SE
Dr. Lutz Lindemann
Member of the Executive Board, CTO
Born: 1960 | Place of residence: Kerzenheim | Nationality: German
First appointment: 2009 | Appointed until: December 2023
Business segments: R&D, Technology, Product Management, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Mining Division, OEM Division
Education:
1980 – 1988 Graduated in Chemistry (incl. Ph.D.) at the Georg-August-Universit?t G?ttingen, then Research Assistant at the Institute for Physical Chemistry
Career:
1988 – 1995 Mobil Oil AG, Hamburg
1995 – 1996 Roland Berger & Partner, Stuttgart - Senior Consultant/Project Manager
1996 – 1998 DEA Mineral?l AG, Hamburg – Product Management
1998 – 2008 Member of the Group’s Executive Committee of FUCHS PETROLUB SE responsible for the regions Germany, Eastern Europe (incl. Russia) and Scandinavia, Chairman of the Management Board of FUCHS EUROPE SCHMIERSTOFFE GmbH, Mannheim, the largest company within FUCHS PETROLUB SE
since 01/2009 Member of the Executive Board of FUCHS PETROLUB SE
Dr. Timo Reister
Member of the Executive Board
Born: 1979 | Place of residence: Heidelberg | Nationality: German
First appointment: 2016 | Appointed until: December 2023
Business segments: Asia-Pacific, North and South America, Industry Division
Education:
1999 - 2004 Studied business management at Mannheim University; graduated as an MBA
2005 – 2009 Research Associate at the Chair of Business Administration and Taxation II at the University of Mannheim and at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in the public finance and company taxation research area
Career:
2009 Joins FUCHS PETROLUB AG as a management trainee
2009 - 2014 Deployed to Fuchs Lubricants Co., Harvey, Illinois/USA; initially responsible for building up the automotive OEM business, from 2011 additionally responsible for the specialty business and Lubricantes Fuchs de México S.A. de C.V.
2014 – 2015 Deployed to Regional Headquarters (East Asia), Shanghai, China; responsible for the Asia-Pacific region as well as the sub-regions Australasia, India/South-East Asia and East Asia
since 01/2016 Member of the Executive Board of FUCHS PETROLUB SE
Dr. Ralph Rheinboldt
Member of the Executive Board
Born: 1967 | Place of residence: Heddesheim | Nationality: German
First appointment: 2009 | Appointed until: December 2023
Business segments: Europe, Middle East and Africa, FUCHS LUBRITECH Division
Memberships on statutory supervisory boards and other governance bodies:
- FUCHS SCHMIERSTOFFE GMBH (Group mandate) (Chairman)
Education:
1989 – 1994 Studies in Business Administration at the University of Mannheim; graduated with Master of Business Administration
1994 – 1998 Research Assistant and Assistant Professor at the Chair of General Business Administration and Business Taxation at the University of Mannheim
Career:
06/1998 hiring with FUCHS PETROLUB SE as Assistant of the Chairman of the Executive Board
01/2000 appointed Member of the Executive Management of FUCHS EUROPE
01/2004 appointed Member of the Group’s Executive Committee of FUCHS PETROLUB SE responsible for the region West and Southern Europe and appointed CEO of FUCHS EUROPE and Managing Director of FUCHS EUROPE SCHMIERSTOFFE GMBH
since 01/2009 appointed Member of the Executive Board
Dagmar Steinert
Member of the Executive Board, CFO
Born: 1964 | Place of residence: Mannheim | Nationality: German
First appointment: 2016 | Appointed until: December 2023
Business segments: Finance, Controlling, Investor Relations, Compliance, Internal Auditing, Digitalization (IT, ERP systems, Big Data etc.), Legal, Taxes
Memberships on statutory supervisory boards and other governance bodies:
- Member of the Supervisory Board of ZF Friedrichshafen AG (not listed)
- FUCHS SCHMIERSTOFFE GMBH (Group mandate)
Education:
1988 – 1992 Studies of Business Administration at the University of Cologne; graduated with Master of Business Administration
1997 Certified Tax Accountant exam
2000 Certified Auditor exam
Career:
1993 - 2002 Executive functions, among other at PriceWaterhouseCoopers AG
2003 - 2013 Executive position in Finance and Accounting at Rheinmetall AG
2013 - 2015 Head of Investor Relations at FUCHS PETROLUB SE
since 01/2016 Member of the Executive Board of FUCHS PETROLUB SE
Last updated: July 28, 2020