Bühler Group elects new member of the Board of Directors

Stefan Scheiber, CEO of Bühler Group, was elected as a new member of the board of directors of Bühler Holding AG, while Ruth Metzler-Arnold announced she will resign in February 2021.

Stefan Scheiber, was elected as a new member of the Board of Directors of Bühler Holding AG on August 28, 202m.

August 31, 2020

At the extraordinary general shareholders’ meeting on August 28, 2020, the shareholders elected Stefan Scheiber unanimously as a new member of the board of directors of Bühler Holding AG with immediate effect.

Stefan Scheiber started his career at Bühler in 1986 and has spent more than 30 years with the company in different positions. From 1988, he has worked in various international management positions within Bühler worldwide, including East and South Africa, Eastern Europe and Germany.

In 1999, he took charge of the Brewing/Malting and Rice business units and thereafter, assumed overall responsibility for Bühler in Germany. From mid-2005, Scheiber headed the Sales & Services division as a member of the executive board. In 2009, he was assigned division manager of the Engineered Products division which he reorganized into the Food Processing and the Advanced Material divisions. He led the Food Processing division as of 2009.

In 2014, he integrated the Food Processing and the Grain Processing divisions, creating the Grains & Food business, which he led until 2016. Scheiber was appointed CEO of the Bühler Group on July 1, 2016. He is a member of the board of directors of the Kistler Group and a member of the executive committee of Swissmem.

Ruth Metzler-Arnold will resign in 2021

Ruth Metzler-Arnold will resign from her assignments as a member of the board of directors and chairwoman of the audit committee of Bühler Group with effect by the ordinary general shareholders’ meeting on February 11, 2021. She has been a member of the board of directors of Bühler since 2011 and chairwoman of the audit committee for the last six and a half years. Rainer E. Schulz, member of the Board of Directors, will succeed Ruth Metzler-Arnold as the new chairman of the audit committee.

“The shareholders as well as the members of the board of directors express their sincere thanks to both, Ruth Metzler-Arnold as well as Stefan Scheiber for their long-time commitment and dedication to Bühler, and wish them all the very best,” the company said.