Board of Management and Supervisory Board

Board of Management

Ivo Huhmann
(CFO / CEO ad interim)
*1969
Nationality: German


Ivo Huhmann was born 1969 in Vienna. He completed an engineering degree at the TU Darmstadt and subsequently a MBA in Rotterdam. He held various financial management functions in Germany and the US from 1999 to 2010, most recently as Chief Financial Officer (CFO), GE Healthcare Germany. Ivo Huhman was Managing Director of Stiebel Eltron from 2010 to 2015, where he was responsible for finance, human resources, IT, purchasing, legal and sales China. Until recently, Ivo Huhmann was active as an entrepreneur. Since 1 April 2017, Ivo Huhmann has been member of the Leifheit AG Board of Management. As Chief Financial Officer he is responsible for the Finance, Controlling, Audit, Business Processes/IT divisions and the APAC region and ad interim for overall Sales and Marketing as well as the Business Units Herby and Birambeau.

Igor Iraeta Munduate
(COO / CEO ad interim)
*1974
Nationality: Spanish


Igor Iraeta Munduate was born 1974 in Donostia - San Sebastian/Spain. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering of the Universidad de Navarra. Most recently Igor Iraeta Munduate was responsible for operations, innovation management as well as Industry 4.0 and IoT (Internet of Things) of the value chain as Chief Technical Officer & Senior Executive Global Operations at Igus GmbH. From 2008 until 2014 he led R&D, Production and Quality Management at Stoba Präzisionstechnik GmbH & Co. KG as Technical Director. Furthermore, he has long-time experience in technical executive positions at the Robert Bosch GmbH. Since 1 November 2018 he has been member of the Leifheit AG Board of Management. As COO he is responsible for the board departments Purchasing, Production, Logistics and R&D as well as ad interim Human Resources.

Supervisory Board

Helmut Zahn, Starnberg
Chairman of the supervisory board (until 31 March 2019)
shareholder representative 1), 2), 3)
Independent Management Consultant, Starnberg

› CV Helmut Zahn (German)


Ulli Gritzuhn, Hamburg
Deputy Chairman of the supervisory board (until 31 March 2019)
Shareholder representative 1), 2), 3)
CEO/Executive Vice President Unilever D-A-CH, Hamburg

› CV Ulli Gritzuhn (German)


Baldur Groß, Berg
Employee representative
Electrician, Leifheit AG, Nassau

› CV Baldur Groß (German)


Georg Hesse, Munich
Shareholder representative 2)
CEO/Chairman of the Board of Management, HolidayCheck Group, Munich

› CV Georg Hesse (German)


Thomas Standke, Scheidt
Employee representative
Toolmaker, Leifheit AG, Nassau

› CV Thomas Standke (German)


Sonja Wärntges, Frankfurt
Shareholder representative 1), 3) (until 28 February 2019)
CEO/Chairman of the Board of Management, DIC Asset AG, Frankfurt

› CV Sonja Wärntges (German)

1) Audit Committee
2) Personnel Committee
3) Nominating Committee

The members of the supervisory board have been appointed until the end of the shareholder meeting which decides on their exoneration for fiscal year 2018.
Mrs. Wärntges resigned her office with effect of 28 February 2019, Mr. Helmut Zahn and Mr. Ulli Gritzuhn resigned their offices with effect of 31 March 2019.