MANN+HUMMEL Management
Over 21,000 employees worldwide at more than 80 locations are working together to build on the success of MANN+HUMMEL. Our company management supports them with its organizational experience, strong management and an international, comprehensive corporate strategy.
Our managing directors are responsible for the planning of our global operations and leadership of the company. Learn more about the members of the company management, their organization and the content of their work.
Kurk Wilks
President & Chief Executive Officer
Kurk Wilks has been President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since January 2020 and manages the group together with Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Emese Weissenbacher and Chief Financial Officer Jurate Keblyte. Since 1998, the US citizen, who holds a degree in accounting and an MBA from Walsh College in Troy, Michigan, has held various positions at MANN+HUMMEL in North America. The Transportation and Life Sciences & Environment divisions report to Kurk Wilks. In addition, he is responsible for Technology, Performance Office, Marketing & Communications, Legal, Risk & Resilience, Corporate Strategy & M&A, and Corporate Sustainability.
Emese Weissenbacher
Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Emese Weissenbacher has been Executive Vice President since January 2020 and has been responsible for the company's operations since July 2025. After holding various positions in Controlling, Business Units, and Operations, the Hungarian-born Emese Weissenbacher returns to the industrial heartbeat of the company after ten years as CFO and more than three decades at MANN+HUMMEL. She assumes end-to-end responsibility for our global supply chain and related cross-functional activities with the aim of consistently aligning operational performance with customer and market requirements. She also heads the Human Resources, Procurement, and Real Estate departments.
Jurate Keblyte
Chief Financial Officer
Jurate Keblyte has been Chief Financial Officer at MANN+HUMMEL since July 2025. With over 25 years of international leadership experience in finance, transformation, and digitalization, Jurate Keblyte brings a strong strategic and operational mindset. In her role as Chief Financial Officer, she is responsible for Controlling, Group Closing Reporting, Group Tax, and Group Treasury. In addition, she oversees IT and Global Business & Technical Solutions and will help shape our continued transformation with clarity and focus.
In their daily work, our Management Board Committee closely collaborates with the business units and our functional areas. These are represented by the Executive Leadership Committee, the key management committee of the MANN+HUMMEL Group and advisor to the Management Board Committee.
