Executive Committee

Mitja Schulz

Chief Executive Officer

Business Administration & Economics, University of Stuttgart.
German citizen, 1977

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Philippe Wirth

Chief Financial Officer

lic. oec. publ.
Swiss Citizen, 1972

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Binjiang Chen

General Manager, Business Unit Tooling

Ph.D. in Ceramic Science and Engineering, Alfred University, Alfred, NY, USA
M.S. in Materials Science, Changchun Inst. of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Changchun, China
US Citizen, 1961

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Emiliano Frulloni

Chief Technology Officer

PhD in Materials Science and Technology, University of Perugia; MBA Manchester Business School
Italian & British citizen, 1974

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Hannes Haueis

Head of Group Human Resources

Degree in Electrical Engineering
Austrian citizen, 1962

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Lance Hill

General Manager Marine & Industrial Materials

MBA
British citizen

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Andreas Kipker

General Manager Gurit Kitting (JSB)

Copenhagen Business School
Danish Citizen, 1986

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Ernst Lutz

General Manager BU Wind Materials

Ph.D. in Material Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA
MBA, University at Albany, NY, USA
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, ETH, Zurich, Switzerland
Swiss Citizen, 1966

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Michael Muser

General Manager Gurit Aero

Dipl.-Ing (aer), Technical University Stuttgart
German & US Citizen, 1973

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2002 – 2009	Purchasing Management positions with Porsche AG
2009 – 2015	Purchasing & Supply Chain Management positions with ZF Group, Germany
2016 – 2018	SVP & GM with ZF TRW, USA
2019 – 2020	SVP & CEO of ZF Wind Power Antwerpen NV, Belgium
Since Jan 4, 2021	CEO, Gurit

2000 – 2017	Senior Finance Positions and Director of Global Business Transformation Program at Mettler, Toledo
2017 – 2019	Chief Financial Officer at Crealogix, Zurich Since October 21, 2019 Chief Financial Officer, Gurit

1998 – 2004	Various Management positions in USA and China at Philips Electronics
2004 – 2009	General Manager Metaldyne, Automotive Components Co. Ltd. Suzhou, China
2009 – 2011	General Manager and VP of Asia Pacific, VSG China, Dover Corp.
Since July 1, 2011	General Manager Gurit Tooling

2005	Development Engineer, Cytec Engineered Materials
2009	R&D Group Leader, Cytec Engineered Materials
2013	Global R&D Director Composite Product Development, Cytec
2015	Global R&D Director Composite Product Development, Solvay
Since November 1, 2018	Chief Technology Officer, Gurit

1997 – 2004	Head of Global Training & Development, Unaxis AG
2004 – 2009	VP Human Resources / Corporate People Development, OC Oerlikon
2009 – 2012	VP Human Resources / Learning & Development, SR Technics AG
2012 – 2014	VP Human Resources , Kaba Holding AG / Division ADS EMEA / AP
Since October 1, 2014	Head of Group Human Resources, Gurit

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Hannes Haueis

Lance Hill

Andreas Kipker

Ernst Lutz

Michael Muser

1990 – 199	Sales and Marketing Director RK Carbon Fibers ltd, UK
1997 – 2001	Sales Director SGL Technic Inc, USA
2002 – 2009	Sales Director SGL Carbon Fibers ltd, UK
2009 – 2012	Head of Sales Gurit Wind Energy, UK
2013 – 2020	Regional Sales Director Gurit USA Inc, USA
Since May 1, 2020:	General Manager Business Unit Marine / Industrial Materials

2008-2012	Business Controller, 7-Eleven Denmark
2013-2015	Finance Manager, JSB Group, Ringkobing, Denmark
2016-2019	CFO, JSB Group, Ringkobing, Denmark
Since July 1st 2020	General Manager, BU Kitting, Ringkobing, Denmark

1995 – 2011	various leadership roles in Business Development and Technology, RioTinto / Alcan / Alusuisse in CH/JP/CA/FR/CN
2011 – 2015	Chief Technology Officer, Sulzer, Winterthur, Switzerland
2015 – 2016	CEO, European Institute for Innovation and Technology (EIT), Raw Materials, Berlin, Germany
2016 – 2019	Member of the Executive Board, Business Development and Technology, Grundfos, Denmark
Since September 1, 2020	General Manager Wind Materials, Gurit

2001 – 2008	Management positions with EADS in Germany
2009 – 2017	Head of Business Unit with Ingersoll Machine Tools, USA
2018	Head of Production Organisation with Dornier Seawings, Germany
Since January 1, 2019	General Manager Gurit Aero