The German technology expert Dr. Michael Mertin will lead the company as the new CEO of AT&S, manufacturer of IC substrates and printed circuit boards, for the next three years from May 1, 2025. He succeeds Andreas Gerstenmayer, who stepped down from this position on October 1, 2024.
There will also be a new appointment at the top of the Supervisory Board. The Supervisory Board will propose to the shareholders at the upcoming Annual General Meeting that Andy Mattes be elected to the Supervisory Board. Dr. Georg Riedl, who was interim Chairman of the Supervisory Board following the death of Dr. Hannes Androsch at the end of 2024, would then take on the role of 1st Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board.
Andreas Walter 'Andy' Mattes is a German-American top manager who studied business administration at the University of Munich. After two decades at Siemens, he held management positions at Hewlett-Packard in California for seven years. This was followed by positions as CEO of Diebold. He was then a Senior Advisor at McKinsey with a focus on business transformation. From 2020 to 2022, he was President and CEO of Coherent - a manufacturer of lasers and photonics solutions - and implemented the successful sale of this company. Mattes has extensive experience on the supervisory boards of various listed companies.
