At its most recent meeting, the supervisory board of BAUER AG appointed two new members to the executive board. Prof. Dr.-Ing. Detlef Heck will be responsible for the geotechnical solutions segment from Aug. 15. Dr. Martin Thormann joined the executive board on Sept. 15 and is now responsible for the equipment segment. A concrete division of responsibilities and tasks regarding all business segments will be determined soon.
Both new appointments strengthen the strategic and operational orientation of the BAUER Group. With their proven expertise and leadership skills, Heck and Thormann will make an important contribution to the sustainable development of the group.
Heck began his career in 1997 at Züblin Spezialtiefbau GmbH before being appointed professor of construction management and construction economics at Graz University of Technology in 2006. From 2007, he was managing director of profacto GmbH and then managing director of H+P Consult GmbH in Graz. In addition, he has been a court-certified and sworn expert in calculation, procurement, contract law, construction management and construction accounting since 2008. Since 2020, he has also been spokesperson for the DACH construction management professorships.
Thormann has an international career in mechanical and plant engineering and a proven track record in driving growth and implementing major transformations. He joined thyssenkrupp AG in 2012 and earned his doctorate in mechanical engineering at TU Dortmund University in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute. After completing his doctorate, he moved to the strategy department of thyssenkrupp Elevator (now known as TK Elevator) in 2015 and took over as head of the strategy team for the Europe Africa business unit in 2018. In 2020, he was appointed CEO Nordics, based in Stockholm. Since the end of 2022, he has been CEO Greater Europe, based in Vienna, where he is responsible for TK Elevator’s operational business in over twelve countries and the distributor business in the CIS states.
“With the appointment of [Heck and Thormann], we are gaining two extremely competent individuals with many years of industry experience for our executive board team,” said Prof. Dr. Bastian Fuchs, chairman of the supervisory board of BAUER AG. “Both bring in-depth expertise in their respective fields and will help to further expand our operational strength in specialist foundation and mechanical engineering. I am very much looking forward to working with them.”
As part of the new appointments, Klaus Pöllath left the executive board on Aug. 15, when Heck took up his position, and return to the supervisory board of BAUER AG. Alongside Lena Effinger, who was appointed executive board member for commercial affairs on June 1, the executive board of BAUER AG will then consist of three members.