Executive Board
Stefan Fuchs
Chairman of the Executive Board of FUCHS SE
Born: 1968 | Nationality: German
First appointment: 1999 (Chairman since 2004) | Appointed until: June 2026
Business segments: Corporate Group Development, Human Resources, Corporate Marketing & Communications, Strategy
Memberships on statutory supervisory boards and other governance bodies:
- Member of the Supervisory Board of TRUMPF GmbH + Co. KG (not listed)
Comparable supervisory committees: Blitz 24-894 SE (in future: Rudolf Fuchs Verwaltungs SE)
Education:
1987 - 1994 Studied business management at Mannheim University; graduated as an MBA
Career:
1994 - 1996 Auditing assistant at Wollert-Elmendorff Deutsche Industrie-Treuhand GmbH, Mannheim
08/1996 Joined FUCHS PETROLUB AG Oel + Chemie
01/1997 - 07/1999 Posted to Fuchs Lubricants Co., Harvey, Illinois/USA; responsible for Argentina, Brazil and Mexico
08/1999 Appointed a deputy member of the Executive Board of FUCHS PETROLUB AG, Mannheim; responsible for FUCHS EUROPE (CEO)
since 01/2004 Chairman of the Executive Board of FUCHS SE
Dr. Timo Reister
Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board
Born: 1979 | Nationality: German
First appointment: 2016 | Appointed until: December 2028
Business segments: India, Southeast Asia, East Asia, Australasia, North and South America, Automotive Aftermarket Division, Mining Division, OEM Division
Education:
1999 - 2004 Studied business management at Mannheim University; graduated as an MBA
2005 – 2009 Research Associate at the Chair of Business Administration and Taxation II at the University of Mannheim and at the Centre for European Economic Research (ZEW) in the public finance and company taxation research area
2009 PhD (Dr. rer. pol.)
Career:
2009 Joins FUCHS PETROLUB AG as a management trainee
2009 - 2014 Deployed to Fuchs Lubricants Co., Harvey, Illinois/USA; initially responsible for building up the automotive OEM business, from 2011 additionally responsible for the specialty business and Lubricantes Fuchs de México S.A. de C.V.
2014 – 2015 Deployed to Regional Headquarters (East Asia), Shanghai, China; responsible for the Asia-Pacific region as well as the sub-regions Australasia, India/South-East Asia and East Asia
since 01/2016 Member of the Executive Board of FUCHS SE
Mathieu Boulandet
Member of the Executive Board, CTO
Born: 1982 | Nationality: French
First appointment: 2025 | Appointed until: July 2028
Business segments: EH&S, Procurement, Product Management, QMS, R&D, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Technology
Education
1998 BSc in Physics and Chemistry in France
2000 Studied Physics, Chemistry, and Engineering in France
2003 MSc in Chemical Engineering in France
2005 MSc in Industrial Technology in France
Career
2004–2017 TOTALENERGIES (France, UAE, South Korea, Denmark, Singapore)
2018 - July 2024: BP / Castrol (Germany, France, UK)
- 2019 - 2021: Global Technology Manager Industrial, Marine, Energy
- 2021 - 2024: Managing Director, Castrol Germany GmbH
- 2021 - 2024: Vice President Industrial Lubricants Europe & Global Accounts
- 2022 - 2024: Board Member, Castrol France SAS
- 2024: CEO Castrol Global Marine & Energy
Dr. Sebastian Heiner
Member of the Executive Board, CTO
Born: 1978 | Nationality: German
First appointment: 2023 | Appointed until: December 2025
Business segments: EH&S, Procurement, Product Management, QMS, R&D, Supply Chain, Sustainability, Technology
Education
1997 – 2005 Graduated in Chemistry at the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz
2002 – 2004 Post graduate studies at University Leipzig
2005 PhD (Dr. rer. nat.)
Career
2006 – 2007 THERON Business Consulting
2007 – 2020 BASF SE; deployed to Hong Kong from 2011 to 2016 initially responsible for regional product management of plastic additives; from 2014 – 2016 responsible for global product management of plastic additives; deployed to Iselin, NJ (US) from 2018 to 2020 responsible for the sourcing of catalyst materials globally
09/2020 FUCHS SE; starting as Vice President Global Procurement; as of 01/2022 appointed Member of the Group's Executive Committee of FUCHS SE responsible for Technology and acting as Deputy CTO
since 01/2023 appointed Member of the Executive Board
Dr. Ralph Rheinboldt
Member of the Executive Board
Born: 1967 | Nationality: German
First appointment: 2009 | Appointed until: December 2028
Business segments: Europe, Middle East and Africa, Specialities Division, Industry Division
Memberships on statutory supervisory boards and other governance bodies:
- FUCHS LUBRICANTS GERMANY GMBH (Group mandate) (Chairman)
Education:
1989 – 1994 Studies in Business Administration at the University of Mannheim; graduated with Master of Business Administration
1994 – 1998 Research Assistant and Assistant Professor at the Chair of General Business Administration and Business Taxation at the University of Mannheim
1998 PhD (Dr. rer. pol.)
Career:
06/1998 hiring with FUCHS PETROLUB SE as Assistant of the Chairman of the Executive Board
01/2000 appointed Member of the Executive Management of FUCHS EUROPE
01/2004 appointed Member of the Group’s Executive Committee of FUCHS SE responsible for the region West and Southern Europe and appointed CEO of FUCHS EUROPE and Managing Director of FUCHS EUROPE SCHMIERSTOFFE GMBH
since 01/2009 appointed Member of the Executive Board
Esma Saglik
Member of the Executive Board, CFO
Born: 1975 | Nationality: German
First appointment: 2025 | Appointed until: April 2028
Business segments: Finance, Controlling, Investor Relations, Compliance, Internal Auditing, Digitalization (IT, ERP systems, Big Data etc.), Legal, Taxes
Education:
1998 - 2003 Economic Studies at Hochschule Aalen
Career:
2003 – 2004: KIRBY (temporary task)
2004 – 2010: HBPO/ HELLA (Germany and UK)
2010 – 2017: REXNORD INC. (Germany)
2017 – 2018: Sabbatical
2018 – 2020: BELDEN ICOS (Germany) – VP Finance
2020 – 2025: REHAU INDUSTRIES (Germany) – CFO
- 2020 – 2023: CFO Rehau Building Solution
- 2023 – 2025: CFO Rehau Industries, SE & Co. KG, Board Member Fränkische Plastics GmbH
since 05/2025 Member of the Executive Board of FUCHS SE