"Exactly the right time to go"

Thomas Borst (Source: Philipp Reinhard for ebm-papst)

After 18 very successful years as Managing Director of Sales and Marketing of the ebm-papst Group, Thomas Borst is stepping back from his active role as of June 30, 2018.

Thomas Borst: "I entrust the upcoming changes to the hands of the future management team!"

At his initiative, the ebm-papst brand was created and successfully positioned strategically in the global markets. Under his leadership of the worldwide sales organization, the revenue of the ebm-papst Group was more than tripled from €600 million to over €2 billion.

The shareholders and advisory board sincerely thank Thomas Borst for his decades of commitment and wish him all the best for his private future.

The management of the Sales and Marketing division will now be taken over by Stefan Brandl, Chairman of the Executive Board of the ebm-papst Group.

"I would like to sincerely thank Thomas Borst for the trusting cooperation over the many years and wish him good luck in everything he sets out to do," said Stefan Brandl.

The group management at ebm-papst will in future consist of four members: Stefan Brandl (Chairman/CEO), Thomas Wagner (Production/COO), Hans Peter Fuchs (Finance and Controlling/CFO), and Dr. Stephan Arnold (Research, Development, and Materials Management/CTO).

Connected as a support to the group management, in line with the Structure 2020, is an international management board with managing directors from Landshut, St. Georgen, the USA, and China.

In early 2017, Stefan Brandl launched "Structure 2020" at ebm-papst. With this, the company will become more international and aligned according to the "local for local" principle at its three main locations in North America, Asia, and Europe (Germany), but will also be more closely integrated within the top management.

Vita – Thomas Borst

Thomas Borst (62), born in 1956 in Aschaffenburg, has been responsible for Sales and Marketing at ebm-papst since September 2001. After studying Law and Economics at the University of Bayreuth (degree as a legal assessor), he began his professional career in 1984 at Nixdorf Computer (later Siemens Nixdorf). Most recently, he was responsible as International Sales Manager for the Public Administration and Finance business unit. In 1992, Thomas Borst took over the management of Sales and Marketing at the German subsidiary of the American connector manufacturer AMP, before moving in 1994 to Weidmüller GmbH & Co. KG, a specialist in connections, in Paderborn. There, he was responsible for the European business until 2001.