Ingo Steinkrüger brings more than 20 years of management and technical expertise with a focus on project and product business, automation, engineering and production technology and, according to the company statement, has global sales and service experience in the highly competitive automotive industry. He holds a degree in mechanical engineering (production technology) and a degree in industrial engineering from Cologne University of Applied Sciences.

Steinkrüger began his career in the thyssenkrupp Group in 2000 at Johann A. Krause Maschinenfabrik GmbH in Bremen as a sales/project engineer. After holding several senior positions in project management, business development and global key account management, Ingo Steinkrüger assumed overall responsibility for the Sales & Service division as Vice President. From mid-2016, Steinkrüger was finally given the position of CEO of the same independent business unit "thyssenkrupp System Engineering" with sales of CHF 1.1 billion (2019), 4,600 employees and 15 locations worldwide.

"We are very much looking forward to working with Mr Steinkrüger, whose strategic focus on important future topics for Interroll, such as digitalization and technology platforms, as well as his great success in global sales and the service business have convinced the Board of Directors," says Urs Tanner, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Interroll Holding AG. "The appointment was preceded by a careful selection process and a global search for the best candidate, both internally and externally."

"With Ingo Steinkrüger, we have gained a proven and successful leader who, in addition to outstanding technological expertise, has a strong customer focus and the right feel for our corporate culture and values," says Paul Zumbühl, CEO Interroll Worldwide Group. "These are the best prerequisites for further driving our growth and leading the company and its employees to the next level of success with our long-term strategy."

"I am very much looking forward to taking over the management of the Interroll Group and contributing my experience to the company," says future CEO Ingo Steinkrüger. "My goal is to continue Paul Zumbühl's successful work and, together with the employees, to sustainably strengthen the company's growth path through customer focus and the further development of the technology platform."

As already announced in June 2020, Paul Zumbühl will step down as CEO at the end of April 2021 after more than 21 years in this role. The Board of Directors of Interroll Holding AG will propose him to the shareholders as the future Chairman of the Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting on May 7, 2021. The Board has also announced that it will appoint him as Active Chairman if his election is confirmed. At the same time, the current Chairman of the Board of Directors, Urs Tanner, will stand for election as Lead Independent Director for the first year in order to ensure, together with the Board of Directors, effective control and supervision during the transition phase and strict compliance with recognized corporate governance guidelines. After two years, the role of Active Chairman will be returned to the regular Chairman's Office in 2023.