Leoni
Aldo Kamper takes over as Chairman of the Management Board
The Supervisory Board of Leoni AG has appointed Aldo Kamper as Chairman of the Board of Directors. The 47-year-old - currently CEO of Osram Opto Semiconductors - will take office by October 1, 2018 at the latest. Talks are underway about taking up his post earlier.
At Leoni, Aldo Kamper will contribute his experience in the industrial and automotive environment and support the Group's further development into a solution provider for energy and data management. In his new position as CEO, Aldo Kamper succeeds Dieter Bellé, who left the company prematurely at the end of January 2018.
Since 2010, Kamper has been managing the business of Regensburg-based Osram Opto Semiconductors, which has a turnover of around 1.7 billion euros and over 12,500 employees. The unit generates around half of its turnover in the automotive sector, where the company is now the market and innovation leader. In seven years under Kamper's leadership, the company has gained significant global market share and has become the most profitable company in the LED industry. Previously, Kamper managed the specialty lighting business at Osram Sylvania in the USA. Born in the Netherlands, he studied business administration in Maastricht and Trier and holds an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Leoni is a global supplier of wires, optical fibers, cables and cable systems as well as related services for the automotive sector and other industries. Leoni develops and produces technically sophisticated products ranging from single-core automotive cables to complete wiring systems. The Group, which is listed on the German MDAX, employs over 86,000 people in 31 countries and, according to preliminary calculations, generated consolidated sales of EUR 4.9 billion in 2017.
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