Executive Board

Gordon Riske

Chief Executive Officer

  • Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Linde Material Handling GmbH, Aschaffenburg (until 14 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)
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Egemin NV, Zwijndrecht, Belgium (since 22 September 2015)
  • Non-Executive Director of Weichai Power Co., Ltd., Weifang, People’s Republic of China

Dr Eike Böhm

Member of the Executive Board / CTO (since 1 August 2015)

  • Member of the Supervisory Board of e.GO Mobile AG, Aachen (since 3 December 2015)

Bert-Jan Knoef

Member of the Executive Board (until 14 January 2015)

Theodor Maurer

Member of the Executive Board (until 14 January 2015)

  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Linde Material Handling (UK) Ltd., Basingstoke, United Kingdom (until 14 January 2015)
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of Linde Heavy Truck Division Ltd., Merthyr Tydfil, United Kingdom (until 14 January 2015)
  • Member of the Board of Directors of KION North America Corp., Summerville, USA (until 14 January 2015)
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Linde (China) Forklift Truck Co. Ltd., Xiamen, People’s Republic of China (until 14 January 2015)
  • Member of the Supervisory Board of Schöler Fördertechnik AG, Rheinfelden (until 14 January 2015)

Ching Pong Quek

Member of the Executive Board / Chief Asia Pacific Officer

  • 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

  • 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, Aschaffenburg (since 15 January 2015)
  • Chairman of the Board of Directors of KION North America Corp., Summerville, USA
  • Member of the Board of Directors of Superlift UK Ltd., Basingstoke, United Kingdom