Basler
Changes to the Executive Board
The long-standing Basler CEO Dr. Dietmar Ley will be leaving the company at the end of the year and will be succeeded by the current CCO/COO Hardy Mehl. The CTO position will be filled externally by Dr. Kai Jens Ströder.
The Supervisory Board of Basler has announced changes to the Management Board. The contract of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Dr. Dietmar Ley will expire at the end of 2025. Dr. Ley has expressed his wish not to extend his mandate after more than 25 years as CEO for personal reasons and has asked the Supervisory Board to ensure his successor. It is intended that Dr. Ley will continue to support the company in an advisory capacity and move to the Supervisory Board at the request of the majority shareholder.
The previous Chief Sales and Operations Officer Hardy Mehl, who has been with the company since 1999 and a member of the Management Board since 2014, will take over the CEO position on the Management Board, which will continue to consist of three members, and will be responsible for Sales, Operations, Human Resources and Investor Relations. Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Ines Brückel will continue to be responsible for Finance, Controlling, Legal and Compliance. Dr. Kai Jens Ströder, an experienced manager who has held various positions at Carl Zeiss and tooz Technologies, a deep-tech start-up in the field of optical systems for augmented reality applications, will join the company on 1 January 2026. Ströder will fill the newly created position of Chief Technical Officer (CTO) and will be responsible for the areas of product generation and innovation.
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