Leadership is something we take seriously at HARTMANN GROUP, the holding company leading all group activities. We are committed to creating innovative healthcare solutions that will continue to improve healthcare and benefit both professionals and patients the world over. Our Management Board brings a modern, forward-thinking approach to the business to set the agenda for the future of healthcare.
The management board
Meet our Management Board

Chairman of the Management Board (CEO)
Britta Fünfstück
A qualified physicist, Britta Fünfstück is the head of the HARTMANN GROUP. She is responsible for corporate strategy, the Transformation Program office, the Infection Management segment with its Risk Prevention and Disinfection divisions, and the KNEIPP subsidiary. Britta Fünfstück's responsibilities also include the German domestic market and the Pharmacy business as well as the Digital, Human Resources, Communications, Quality Management and Compliance departments.

Member of the Management Board
François Georgelin
A biomedical engineer by training, François Georgelin is responsible for the Wound Care segment, Regulatory Affairs and the KOB subsidiary. He is also in charge of marketing operations for North and Eastern Europe, along with France, South America and the USA.

Member of the Management Board
Stefan Grote
Management expert Stefan Grote is responsible for the Incontinence Management segment along with the areas of Procurement, Supply Chain, Real Estate, Sustainability, Online and E-Commerce. Alongside lean management and technical services in the operating area, he is also in charge of marketing operations in Western and Southern Europe, Asia, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.

Member of the Management Board (CFO)
Stefan Müller
Management expert Stefan Müller is responsible for Finance, Controlling, Legal, Mergers & Acquisitions and IT. In addition, he is in charge of Investor Relations, Internal Audit and Risk Management, the CMC subsidiary and marketing operations in Austria and Switzerland.
Meet our Supervisory Board
Our Supervisory Board, with its equal representation of employees and shareholders, oversees the management board and appoints its members.
Fritz-Jürgen Heckmann | Attorney-at-law in the lawyer co-partnership Kees Hehl Heckmann Chairman of the Supervisory Board |
Tobias Bucher* | Chief Authorized Representative of IG Metall Heidenheim Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board (from April 28, 2023) |
Prof. Dr. Angelika C. Bullinger-Hoffmann | Professor of Ergonomics and Innovation Management at Chemnitz University of Technology |
Christine Geppert* | Full-time Chairwoman of the Works Council of KOB GmbH |
Dr. Sidonie Golombowski-Daffner | President Advanced Accelerator Applications, Novartis (from April 28, 2023) |
Katja Kollosche* | Chairwoman of the Group Works Council of PAUL HARTMANN AG (from April 28, 2023) |
Eva van Pelt | Co-Chairwoman of the Management Board of Eppendorf SE (from April 28, 2023) |
Daniela Reinhardt* | Chairwoman of the Works Council of Kneipp GmbH (from April 28, 2023) |
Wolfgang Röhrl* | Representative of the executive staff |
Eduard Schleicher | Managing Partner of the SCHWENK Zement GmbH & Co. KG |
Heide Schnare* | Trade Union Secretary for the Management Board of IG Metall (from April 28, 2023) |
Thomas Spannagl | CEO of SCHWENK Baustoffgruppe, SCHWENK Zement GmbH & Co. KG(from April 28, 2023) |
* elected employee representatives |