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Change in commercial management of Lindauer DORNIER

Dipl.-Oec. Hans-Jürgen Schmidt hands over his function as CFO to Dipl.-Ing. Franz-Peter Matheis © 2021 Lindauer DORNIER
After more than 16 years as commercial managing director, Dipl.-Oec. Hans-Jürgen Schmidt will retire by 31 December 2021 and hand over his function as CFO of Lindauer DORNIER GmbH to his successor Dipl.-Ing. Franz-Peter Matheis as of 01 July 2021.

Mr. Matheis gained many years of experience in the fields of finance and controlling in the mechanical and plant engineering sector. Among other positions, he demonstrated his leadership skills and strategic vision as commercial managing director of Schenck RoTec GmbH, a part of the Dürr Group, and in his most recent position as member of the Board of HOMAG Group AG.

We are pleased to welcome Mr. Matheis as our new CFO and would like to thank Mr. Schmidt for his significant contribution to securing and further developing our family-owned company over the past two decades.


Through his continued activity on the advisory board of the Peter Dornier Foundation, Mr. Schmidt will remain connected to the family and the foundation.

The new management of Lindauer DORNIER GmbH: Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Kückelmann, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Peter D. Dornier, Dipl.-Ing. Franz-Peter Matheis © 2021 Lindauer DORNIER
The new management of Lindauer DORNIER GmbH: Dipl.-Ing. Andreas Kückelmann, Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Peter D. Dornier, Dipl.-Ing. Franz-Peter Matheis © 2021 Lindauer DORNIER


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