Our Executive management
The Executive Management is the highest level of management within Datwyler. It comprises the CEO, the heads of the two business areas Industrial Solutions and Healthcare Solutions as well as the Chief Financial Officer and the Chief Technology Officer.
Dirk Lambrecht (1960, DE)
Dirk Lambrecht was appointed CEO of the Datwyler Group at the beginning of 2017. Until 2016, he was a member of the Group Executive Board, heading the Sealing Solutions division, which combines the previous Sealing Technologies and Pharma Packaging divisions. From 2005 to 2012, he was the head of the Sealing Technologies Group Division.
Prior to joining the Datwyler Group, Dirk Lambrecht was Managing Director of Phoenix Traffic Technology GmbH, a subsidiary of Phoenix AG. Prior to this, he worked in various international management positions at Phoenix AG in Hamburg from 1987 to 2003.
Dirk Lambrecht holds a mechanical engineering degree with a specialization in apparatus construction at the Fachhochschule Hamburg; he complemented this with additional education at the Management School St. Gallen, among others.
Walter Scherz (1977, CH)
Walter Scherz has been a member of the Datwyler Executive Management since April 2020 and, as Chief Financial Officer, heads the Finance & Shared Services Group Function. He previously held several positions at Datwyler: From the beginning of 2017 to 2020 as Chief Financial Officer of the Technical Components division, from 2014 to 2016 as Vice President Corporate Development and Post Merger Integration in the Sealing Solutions division and from 2012 to 2014 as Head of Internal Group Audit.
Prior to joining Datwyler, he worked amongst others for KPMG as external auditor and in various management positions in Switzerland and abroad, including Russia and the Middle East.
Walter Scherz holds a master's degree in business administration from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and is a certified public accountant. He also holds diplomas in risk and compliance management, M&A and internal auditing.
Torsten Maschke (1969, DE)
Torsten Maschke has been heading the Industrial Solutions Business Area since February 2020. Previously, he was Head of the Sealing Solutions division and was already member of the Datwyler Executive Management since October 2016.
Before joining Datwyler, he was responsible for the worldwide distribution of sealing and damping solutions for the automotive industry at the Freudenberg Group since 2011.
Prior to this he had been working in various international management functions in the automotive business of the Freudenberg Group since completing his education in 1996. Torsten Maschke earned degrees in mechanical engineering from Münster University of Applied Sciences, Germany, and in industrial engineering from Bochum University of Applied Sciences, Germany.
Dirk Borghs (1963, BE)
Dirk Borghs has been a member of the Datwyler Executive Management since February 2020 andheads the Healthcare Solutions Business Area. Prior to this, he had held a variety of positions at Datwyler. Most recently, he was Executive Senior Vice President responsible for the global manufacturing plants and supply chain of the Sealing Solutions division.
From 2006 to 2014, as Vice President for Strategic Projects and Global Procurement, he was responsible for planning and building the FirstLine plants in Belgium and India, among other things. Previously, he was head of the global healthcare quality and engineering unit and managed the healthcare plant in the United States for five years.
Before joining Datwyler in 1993, he worked as an engineer in the automotive industry. Dirk Borghs holds a degree in materials science from Leuven University, Belgium, and a degree in finance and marketing from Gent University, Belgium.
Dr. Frank Schön (1975, DE/CH)
Frank Schön has been a member of Datwyler's Executive Management since February 2020 and, as Chief Technology Officer, heads the Technology & Innovation Group Function. Prior to that, he was Vice President R&D and Innovation, responsible for global research and development in the Sealing Solutions division since 2013.
From 2004 to 2012, he held various management positions in research and development in the Sealing Technologies division.
Frank Schön completed his studies in chemistry at the University of Bayreuth, Germany, with a master's degree and then earned his PhD at the University of Freiburg, Germany. In addition, he holds an MAS in Business Administration and Engineering from the University of Lucerne.
