Executive Board

Gordon Riske

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

  • Chief Executive Officer of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden
  • Member of the Executive Board of KION Holding 2 GmbH, Wiesbaden
  • Member of the Asia Pacific Committee of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden
  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Linde Material Handling GmbH, Aschaffenburg (until 14 January 2015)
  • Chief Executive Officer of Linde Material Handling GmbH, Aschaffenburg (since 15 January 2015)
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Linde (China) Forklift Truck Co., Ltd., Xiamen, People’s Republic of China
  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board of STILL GmbH, Hamburg (until 14 January 2015)
  • Chief Executive Officer of STILL GmbH, Hamburg (since 15 January 2015)
  • Member of the Executive Board of the non-profit Hertie Foundation, Frankfurt am Main
  • Non-Executive Director of Weichai Power Co., Ltd., Weifang, People’s Republic of China

Bert-Jan Knoef

Member of the Executive Board / CEO of STILL (until 14 January 2015)

  • Member of the Executive Board of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden
  • Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Labour Relations Director of STILL GmbH, Hamburg
  • Presidente of the Consiglio di Amministrazione of OM Carrelli Elevatori S.p.A., Lainate, Italy
  • Presidente of the Consiglio di Amministrazione of STILL ITALIA S.p.A., Lainate, Italy

Theodor Maurer

Member of the Executive Board / CEO of LMH (until 14 January 2015)

  • Member of the Executive Board of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden
  • Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Labour Relations Director of Linde Material Handling GmbH, Aschaffenburg
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Linde Material Handling (UK) Ltd., Basingstoke, United Kingdom
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Linde Heavy Truck Division Ltd., Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom
  • Member of the Board of Directors of LMH North America Corp., Summerville, USA
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Linde (China) Forklift Truck Co. Ltd., Xiamen, People’s Republic of China
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Linde Hydraulics Verwaltungs GmbH, Aschaffenburg (until 30 October 2014)
  • Member of the Comité Consultatif of Fenwick-Linde S.à r.l., Elancourt, France
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Schöler Fördertechnik AG, Rheinfelden

Ching Pong Quek

Member of the Executive Board / Chief Asia Pacific Officer

  • Member of the Executive Board / Chief Asia Pacific Officer of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden
  • Member of the Asia Pacific Committee of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden
  • Chief Executive Officer of Linde (China) Forklift Truck Corp., Ltd., Xiamen, People’s Republic of China
  • Member of the Board of KION South Asia Pte Ltd., Singapore, Singapore President and CEO of KION Asia Ltd., Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China
  • Chairman of KION Baoli Forklift Co., Ltd., Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China
  • Member of the Board of Directors of KION India Pvte. Ltd., Pune, India
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Linde Material Handling Asia Pacific Pte., Ltd., Singapore, Singapore
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Linde Material Handling Hong Kong Ltd., Hong Kong, People’s Republic of China

Dr Thomas Toepfer

Member of the Executive Board / CFO and Labour Relations Director

  • Member of the Executive Board of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden
  • Member of the Executive Board of KION Holding 2 GmbH, Wiesbaden
  • Member of the Asia Pacific Committee of KION Material Handling GmbH, Wiesbaden
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of STILL GmbH, Hamburg (until 14 January 2015)
  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board of STILL GmbH, Hamburg (since 15 January 2015)
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Linde Material Handling GmbH, Aschaffenburg (until 14 January 2015)
  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Linde Material Handling GmbH (since 15 January 2015)
  • Member of the Executive Board of MPP Verwaltungs GmbH, Wiesbaden
  • Member of the Executive Board of MPP Beteiligungs GmbH, Wiesbaden
  • Administrador Solidario of Islavista Spain S.A., Barcelona, Spain
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of LMH North America Corp., Summerville, USA
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Superlift UK Ltd., Basingstoke, United Kingdom