Christoph Knogler will be the new CEO of Keba from October 1st

Keba Group AG is setting the personnel course for the future and has appointed Christoph Knogler as a new member of the executive board. He will take up his new position on August 1st, 2023 as announced by the supervisory board.

Keba’s long-time CEO and chairman of the board, Gerhard Luftensteiner, will withdraw from active business as planned at the end of September due to his retirement and will move to the supervisory board as Keba co-owner. From October 1st, 2023, the new executive board with Christoph Knogler as CEO and spokesman of the board, Franz Höller (CTO), and Andreas Schoberleitner (CFO) will shape the further successful alignment and development of Keba.

Christoph Knogler has been working as managing director of the Keba Energy Automation business unit since 2020, which has given him the opportunity to gain a holistic understanding of the company. Prior to that, he had already made a name for himself as a successful manager in various industrial companies.

“With Christoph Knogler we have gained high professional expertise and at the same time continuity for a sustainable and successful further development of Keba”, says Karl Kletzmaier, co-founder of Keba and chairman of the supervisory board.

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