At PAUL HARTMANN AG in Heidenheim, Germany, the holding company steering all group activities, we are committed to creating innovative healthcare solutions that benefit both professionals and patients throughout the world. Our Management Board brings a modern, forward-thinking approach to the business, using the expertise and knowledge acquired over the company's almost 200-year history to set the agenda for the future of healthcare.
Supporting our colleagues in Germany is a global network of HARTMANN representatives.
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. The 49-year-old 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 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, Pharmacy and E-business sales, as well as Regulatory Affairs and the KOB subsidiary. The 56-year-old is also in charge of marketing operations for North and Eastern Europe, along with France 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 Logistics, Procurement, Supply Chain, Real Estate and Sustainability. Alongside lean management and technical services in the operating area, the 52-year-old is also in charge of marketing operations in Western and Southern Europe and the markets in Asia, South America, Australia, the Middle East and Africa.
Member of the Management Board
Stefan Müller
Management expert Stefan Müller is responsible for Finance, Controlling and Legal, as well as Mergers & Acquisitions and IT. In addition, the 49-year-old is in charge of Investor Relations, Internal Audit and Risk Management, along with marketing operations in Austria and Switzerland and the CMC subsidiary.
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 and Supervisory Board Member Chairman of the Supervisory Board |
| Ralf Willeck* | Chief Authorized Representative of IG Metall Heidenheim Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board |
| Joachim Bader* | Full-time Chairman of the General & Group Works Council (until April 30, 2022) |
| Birgit Herm-Grimm* | Full-time Chairwoman of the Works Council of PAUL HARTMANN AG (from April 30, 2022) |
| Yvonne Brix* | Member of the Works Council of BODE Chemie GmbH |
| 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 Karl Otto Braun GmbH & Co. KG |
| Gerhard Hirth | Managing Director of SCHWENK Zement International Geschäftsführungs GmbH |
| Horst Mund* | Trade Union Secretary for the Management Board of IG Metall |
| Wolfgang Röhrl* | Representative of the executive staff |
| Joachim E. Schielke | Former Member of the Management Board of Landesbank Baden-Württemberg and former Chairman of the Management Board of Baden-Württembergische Bank |
| Eduard Schleicher | General partner of the SCHWENK Zement KG |
| Prof. Dr. med. Sevgi Tercanli | Specialist in gynecology and obstetrics in own private practice |
| * elected employee representatives | |
