Management Board of Bertrandt AG

Hans-Gerd Claus has been a member of the Management Board of Bertrandt AG since 1 October 2012. His appointment was extended with effect from November 2018 until November 2023.

Areas of responsibility and (international) mandates

• Member of the Management Board Engineering
• Head of the Divisions: Product Engineering, Physical, Production & After Sales
• Member of the management of various German automotive companies
• Responsible for the branches in China at the Changchun and Shanghai locations
• Bertrandt AG, sucursal en España, Dirección

Career

Hans-Gerd Claus was first appointed by the Supervisory Board as a member of the Bertrandt AG Management Board for Technology on 1 October 2012.

Prior to this, Hans-Gerd Claus was branch manager and managing director of various companies within the Bertrandt Group. In addition, Hans-Gerd Claus was responsible for the functional design/simulation CAE as well as testing and trials departments across the Group as head and authorised signatory from 2007 to 2012.

Hans-Gerd Claus has been working for Bertrandt since 2001. He was initially team leader CAE at the Ingolstadt branch and, from 2003, head of the CAE department at the Ingolstadt, Munich, Neckarsulm and Wolfsburg sites.

In 1997, Hans-Gerd Claus completed his studies in mechanical engineering with a specialisation in agricultural machinery technology at the University of Applied Sciences in Cologne and began his professional career as a CAE engineer at a development service provider in the AUDI environment.

Hans Gerd Claus was born in Germany in 1966.

Dr Andreas Fink is a member of the Management Board of Bertrandt AG as of April 1, 2023. He is appointed for five years, until March 31, 2028.
 

Areas of responsibility and (international) mandates

• Member of the Management Board, Engineering
• Head of the Divisions Product Engineering and Physical
• Responsible for business activities in Spain, UK, Italy, China, Austria, and USA

Career

Dr Andreas Fink was first appointed by the Supervisory Board as a member of the Bertrandt AG Management Board for Technology on 1^st of April 2023.

Prior to this Dr Andreas Fink was acting as Senior Vice President (2018-2023) within the Division E-Mobility / Electrified Powertrain Systems of ZF Friedrichshafen AG. Within this time frame he was leading a Business Unit / Product Line while ramping up internationally the business field of E-Motors and full electric axle drives.

Between 2013 and 2018 Dr Fink was in charge as vice president of the ZF AG for the product line active suspension systems within the chassis division. He extended the international footprint as well as the customer and product portfolio.

During the years of 2001 until 2013 Dr Fink held various management positions within the Robert Bosch GmbH in Germany and abroad, working for the business fields of active and passive safety, electronic components and systems of the Bosch divisions automotive electronics, car multimedia and chassis systems control. Within this timeframe Dr Andreas Fink was living from 2005 to 2008 in Budapest / Hungary leading as engineering director amongst others the area sensors for automotive electronics.

In the year 1997 Dr Andreas Fink completed his study of physics with a diploma at the Technical University of Munich. Following this he conducted a doctorate specializing in surface and semiconductor physics until 2001 earning a degree as Dr rer. nat.  In 2010/11 he completed an additional curriculum in general management.

Dr Andreas Fink has been born in 1970 in Germany.

Michael Lücke has been a member of the Management Board of Bertrandt AG since 1 October 2012. His appointment was extended with effect from November 2018 until November 2023.

Areas of responsibility and (international) mandates

• Member of the Management Board Sales
• Responsible for the central holding function Marketing and Corporate Communications
• Head of the Divisions: Electronics, Aerospace
• Member of the management of various German automotive companies
• Member of the Management Board of Bertrandt Ingenieurbüro GmbH Hamburg (Aerospace)
• Responsible for the branches in Romania at the locations Bucharest and Sibiu
• Directeur général of Bertrandt France S.A.S.
• President of Bertrandt S.A.S
• Director of Bertrandt UK Ltd
• Member of the Board of Directors of Bertrandt U.S. Inc.

Career

Michael Lücke was first appointed by the Supervisory Board as a member of the Bertrandt AG Sales Management Board on 1 October 2012.

Prior to this, Michael Lücke was branch manager and managing director of various companies within the Bertrandt Group.

Since 2004, Michael Lücke has served as Commercial Branch Manager of Bertrandt Ingenieurbüro GmbH Cologne and Bertrandt UK Ltd. Dunton. During this time he built up our international positioning in England.

From 2002 to 2003 Michael Lücke lived in Barcelona/Spain and managed our international presence there as Commercial Branch Manager at Novel Bertrandt S.A..

In 1999, Michael Lücke began his career at Bertrandt as legal counsel for labour and corporate law at Bertrandt AG.

After studying law from 1992 to 1997 at the Albert Ludwigs University in Freiburg, Michael Lücke completed his legal traineeship and 2nd state examination in Stuttgart from 1997 to 1999. From 1999 to 2001, Michael Lücke completed an MBA programme at the Danube University Krems in Austria.

Michael Lücke was born in Germany in 1970.

Markus Ruf has been a member of the Management Board of Bertrandt AG since 1 October 2012. His appointment was extended with effect from November 2018 until November 2023.

Areas of responsibility and (international) mandates

• Member of the Management Board Finance
• Responsible for the central holding functions: Finance (Controlling, Accounting, Taxes, Treasury), Human Resources, Corporate Development & Strategy, Investor Relations, Sustainability, IT and Security, Internal Audit, Purchasing/Facility/Quality, Legal/Compliance, Internal Audit
• Member of the Management Board of Bertrandt Services GmbH
• Member of the management of various German automotive companies
• Representative of Bertrandt AG as Président Bertrandt France S.A.S.
• Bertrandt AG, sucursal en España, Dirección

Career

Markus Ruf was first appointed by the Supervisory Board as a member of Bertrandt AG's Management Board Finance on 1 October 2012.

Prior to this, Markus Ruf had been an authorised signatory and head of finance at Bertrandt AG since 2001. In addition to setting up and restructuring foreign entities, his responsibilities also included the establishment of Bertrandt Services GmbH, in which business activities with customers from the medical technology, electrical and energy industries as well as mechanical and plant engineering are pooled.

Markus Ruf has known Bertrandt since 1996, when he began his career in the Tax and Accounting department and was appointed Head of Accounting in 1998.

Between 1992 and 1996 Markus Ruf was responsible for preparing annual financial statements and tax returns in a tax consultancy firm.

Until 1992, Markus Ruf first completed a commercial apprenticeship and then a degree in business administration.

Markus Ruf was born in Germany in 1967.