June 2, 2025
MANN+HUMMEL expands Management Board to accelerate growth and customer centricity
Ludwigsburg, June 2nd, 2025 – As the next step on the path toward Leadership in Filtration, MANN+HUMMEL is strengthening its leadership structure and expanding its Management Board from two to three members. This decisive step reinforces the company’s strategic focus on sustainable growth, customer centricity, and the resilience of its global structures – in an increasingly dynamic geopolitical and economic environment.
The current Executive Board – consisting of CEO Kurk Wilks and CFO Emese Weissenbacher – will be expanded by introducing the new role of Chief Operating Officer. This move underscores MANN+HUMMEL’s clear commitment to efficiency, reliability, and future readiness in production and supply chain.
“With this decision, we are aligning our leadership structure even more closely with the strategic priorities of our time,” says Non-Executive Chairman Thomas Fischer. “Customer proximity, operational excellence, and resilience are essential pillars for our future. This expanded and diverse leadership team is ideally positioned to take MANN+HUMMEL to the next level.”
CEO Kurk Wilks adds: “This new structure ensures that customer centricity and operational impact continue to drive everything we do. It strengthens our capabilities along the entire supply chain and sharpens our strategic direction. At the same time, it reflects our firm belief that the diversity of a leadership team – in every respect – is the foundation for sustainable success.”
Emese Weissenbacher, EVP & COO
As part of the reorganization, Emese Weissenbacher – currently Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer – will take on the newly created role of Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. With more than three decades at MANN+HUMMEL – including 5 years at Controlling, 11 years in Operations and 10 years as CFO – she has played a key role in transforming Finance, IT, HR, and Global Business & Technical Solutions, while advancing the digitalization of business processes. In her new role, she will lead the global supply chain and related support functions – with the goal of aligning the company’s operational strength even more closely with customer needs and strategic growth.
Jurate Keblyte, CFO
Jurate Keblyte will join MANN+HUMMEL as Chief Financial Officer, succeeding Emese Weissenbacher in this role. She brings over 25 years of international leadership experience in financial transformation – including key positions at Grammer AG, KUKA Robotics, and Giesecke+Devrient. As CFO, she will be responsible for Finance, IT, and Global Business & Technical Solutions, and will continue to drive MANN+HUMMEL’s transformation journey.
The new Management Board – consisting of CEO Kurk Wilks, EVP & COO Emese Weissenbacher, and CFO Jurate Keblyte – will officially take office on July 1, 2025.
