Contacts at digatus
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Contacts at digatus
Karl Bals
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Karl Bals has extensive experience in managing large international IT organizations. As CIO, he gained many years of corporate experience at Siemens AG and Infineon Technologies AG. Among other things, he was involved in the IPO of a DAX company and the spin-off of various business units of a large DAX group. In 2015, he took over as Chairman of the Supervisory Board at digatus.
Dr. Albrecht Schleich
Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Dr. Albrecht Schleich is a lawyer with more than three decades of management experience in politics and business. After his studies, he worked in the ministerial administration of the Free State of Bavaria and the federal government before moving to the energy industry in 1990. There, he participated in the reconstruction of East Germany and established a new corporate communication for the legal predecessor of today’s Vattenfall GmbH. In 2001, he took over the development and management of the Upper Bavaria region at E.ON Bayern AG. From 2008 to 2017, he was a board member of Rhein-Main-Donau AG in Munich. He is involved in numerous business associations and has been active as a policy advisor in the field of energy policy for many years. He has been strengthening digatus’ Supervisory Board since 2018.
Verena Rathjen
Supervisory Board Member
Verena Rathjen is Vice President for the EMEA region at Axis Communications, a leading provider of innovative security and network solutions. There, she is responsible for operational business and strategic orientation for the entire region. Previously, she was Vice President at LEDVANCE, where she built up the global luminaires business and headed the SMART business unit. She has extensive leadership experience from various positions at Siemens and Osram.
Dr. Wolfgang Heimsch
Supervisory Board
Dr. Wolfgang Heimsch brings over 37 years of experience in various leadership positions at Siemens. From 2001 to July 2023, he was President Customer Services at Siemens Healthineers. Previously, he led the Industry Business at Siemens Nixdorf/Siemens Business Services and Consumer Electronics at Siemens Semiconductor. His career began in the field of Ultra High-Speed Micro Processors and as a project manager in mobile communications.
