{"id":25540,"date":"2024-06-12T14:19:21","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T12:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.digatus.com\/reappointment-of-the-digatus-supervisory-board\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T11:40:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T10:40:47","slug":"reappointment-of-the-digatus-supervisory-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/digatus.com\/en\/reappointment-of-the-digatus-supervisory-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Reappointment of the digatus Supervisory Board"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"25540\" class=\"elementor elementor-25540 elementor-17142\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-20f9c04 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"20f9c04\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-df5ce74\" data-id=\"df5ce74\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a55203e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a55203e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"627\" src=\"https:\/\/digatus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/digatus-aufsichtsrat-social.jpg\" class=\"attachment-1536x1536 size-1536x1536 wp-image-25334\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digatus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/digatus-aufsichtsrat-social.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/digatus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/digatus-aufsichtsrat-social-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digatus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/digatus-aufsichtsrat-social-1024x535.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/digatus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/digatus-aufsichtsrat-social-768x401.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20c0b5f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"20c0b5f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(from left: Dr. Wolfgang Heimsch, Verena Rathjen, Dr. Albrecht Schleich, Karl Bals)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-611a16c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"611a16c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-face9ea\" data-id=\"face9ea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7badb9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e7badb9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We are proud to announce that we have gained two new Supervisory Board members for the next five years.<br>We warmly welcome <strong>Verena Rathjen <\/strong>and <strong>Dr. Wolfgang Heimsch!<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-aac5766 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"aac5766\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c17b60b\" data-id=\"c17b60b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb28694 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"cb28694\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b58149d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b58149d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a5afe4d\" data-id=\"a5afe4d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55e7a3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"55e7a3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/digatus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Verena-Rathjen_klein.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-25336\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digatus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Verena-Rathjen_klein.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digatus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Verena-Rathjen_klein-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digatus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Verena-Rathjen_klein-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a27863b\" data-id=\"a27863b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6846ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b6846ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Verena Rathjen <\/strong>is Vice President for the EMEA region at Axis Communications, a leading provider of innovative security and network solutions. There, she is responsible for the operational business and strategic direction for the entire region. Previously, she was Vice President at LEDVANCE, where she built up the global luminaire business and led the SMART business unit. She has extensive leadership experience from various positions at Siemens and Osram.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-04e0f80 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"04e0f80\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e399c2e\" data-id=\"e399c2e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6d0b62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f6d0b62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/digatus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dr.-Wolfgang-Heimsch_klein.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-25337\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digatus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dr.-Wolfgang-Heimsch_klein.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digatus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dr.-Wolfgang-Heimsch_klein-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digatus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dr.-Wolfgang-Heimsch_klein-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5acc009\" data-id=\"5acc009\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a697c81 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a697c81\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Dr. Wolfgang Heimsch <\/strong>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.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-520a7be elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"520a7be\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-554eca3\" data-id=\"554eca3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8553b69 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"8553b69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9606eea elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9606eea\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0552fcb\" data-id=\"0552fcb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-177ae43 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"177ae43\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4); color: var( --e-global-color-text ); font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit;\">Our long-standing member, Mr. Manfred Dietlmeier, has decided not to stand for re-election at his own request. <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4);\">Mr. Manfred Dietlmeier was an important cornerstone and strategic supporter for the successful business development of the digatus Group. <\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4);\">We sincerely thank him for his consistently committed, loyal and outstanding service and the valuable cooperation over the past years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>With this reappointment, our Supervisory Board will continue with four members effective immediately.<br><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4);\">In addition to the new appointments of Ms. Verena Rathjen and Dr. Wolfgang Heimsch, Mr. Karl Bals and Dr. Albrecht Schleich remain important bearers of experience and guarantors of continuity on the board.<br><\/span><span style=\"font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; color: var( --e-global-color-text ); background-color: var(--ast-global-color-4);\">Mr. Karl Bals will continue to chair the Supervisory Board, Dr. Albrecht Schleich will be the future Deputy Chairman.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e78ce5a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e78ce5a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bd7a833\" data-id=\"bd7a833\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbfb454 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"fbfb454\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-378cd62 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"378cd62\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-26da840\" data-id=\"26da840\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa44f3d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fa44f3d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/digatus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Karl-Bals_klein.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-25339\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digatus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Karl-Bals_klein.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digatus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Karl-Bals_klein-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digatus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Karl-Bals_klein-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3bfecfc\" data-id=\"3bfecfc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a09488c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a09488c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mr. <strong>Karl Bals<\/strong> has extensive experience in leading 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 parts of a large DAX group. In 2015, he took over as Chairman of the Supervisory Board at digatus.   <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9194493 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9194493\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cbefe68\" data-id=\"cbefe68\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd2f4f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd2f4f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/digatus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dr.-Albrecht-Schleich_klein.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-25338\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/digatus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dr.-Albrecht-Schleich_klein.jpg 600w, https:\/\/digatus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dr.-Albrecht-Schleich_klein-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/digatus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Dr.-Albrecht-Schleich_klein-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f527bfe\" data-id=\"f527bfe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f6327f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f6327f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mr. <strong>Dr. Albrecht Schleich<\/strong> 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 development of eastern Germany and established a new corporate communications department for the legal predecessor of today&#8217;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 political consultant in the field of energy policy for many years. He has been strengthening the Supervisory Board of digatus since 2018.      <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f8f331 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1f8f331\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-20433 elementor-author-box--layout-image-above elementor-widget elementor-widget-global elementor-global-25814 elementor-global-20433 elementor-widget-author-box\" data-id=\"20433\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"author-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div  class=\"elementor-author-box__avatar\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/digatus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/digatus-stephan-bals-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Picture of Stephan Bals\" loading=\"lazy\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__text\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-author-box__name\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStephan Bals\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-author-box__bio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>He studied Business Administration with a focus on Management at the Beuth University of Applied Sciences Berlin. After completing his studies as a graduate in Business Administration, he began his career at Siemens AG in Munich.<br \/>\nEarly in his career, he gained experience in various executive positions. Among other roles, he was responsible as managing director for medium-sized IT consulting and service companies, most recently Xiopia GmbH, as well as serving on the board of Allgeier IT Solutions AG. With the founding of digatus it group, he continued his career as a founder and entrepreneur. In early 2015, together with Felix Kirschner, he founded digatus it group AG with the goal of \"building\" a market-relevant IT service provider in Germany. His main focus within the digatus Group is in the areas of sales, growth management, and M&amp;A. At the interfaces between business and IT, he is a sought-after mediator, sparring partner, and idea generator.<br \/>\nIn addition to his role as CEO of digatus it group AG, he is involved entrepreneurially as a co-founder and investor, volunteers in various non-profit initiatives and associations, and serves as an advisory board member, senior advisor, and supervisory board member.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-author-box__button elementor-button elementor-size-xs\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/stephan-bals-624a69135\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tStephan on LinkedIn\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of this year&#8217;s Annual General Meeting of digatus it group AG, the scheduled reappointment of our Supervisory Board was on the agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[123],"class_list":["post-25540","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-article","tag-press-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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