The Executive Board
Dr. Ulf-D. Zimmermann
Dr. Ulf-D. Zimmermann was born on 19 September 1949 in Elze near Hanover.
He studied Business Engineering at the Technical University Berlin. While
completing his doctorate, he worked as a scientific assistant at the TU until
1980.
From 1980 to 1990, Dr. Ulf-D. Zimmermann worked for Flick KGaA in Ratingen, initially as an assistant to the management, later as Managing Director of Eichener Maschinenfabrik in the Siegerland region and Conti Systembau in Ratingen. In 1990, he took over the position of Chief Executive Officer for the diesel engines division at KHD AG Köln. From there, Dr. Ulf-D. Zimmermann moved to GEA AG, Bochum, in 1996 as a member of the executive board and headed up WestfaliaSurge Oelde, Chicago. On 1 April 2001, he was appointed to the executive board of Dynamit Nobel AG, Troisdorf. At the same time, he became Chairman of CeramTec AG, which belongs to the Dynamit Nobel Group. Following the acquisition by the Rockwood Group in August 2004, Dr. Ulf-D. Zimmermann took on the additional function of Divisional President of this company based in Princeton, N.J., USA.
Dr. Jürgen Huber
Prof. Jürgen Huber was born on 22 April 1944 in Bühlertal, Baden. From 1964 to
1970 he studied Metallurgy and Metal Physics at the Technical University, Clausthal,
where he completed his doctorate in 1976. In 1997, he was appointed Honorary Professor
at the TU Braunschweig. From 1970 to 1980, Prof. Dr. Huber worked at the
Institute for Metallurgy and Metal Physics at the TU Clausthal.
In 1980, he joined Rosenthal Technik AG as Assistant to the Executive Board,
becoming Director there in 1983 and taking over the coordination of research
and development. When Rosenthal Technik was taken over by Hoechst CeramTec AG,
he took over the management of R&D as well as leadership of the Engineering Ceramics
product group and later the Electronic Applications business line. Since 1996,
he has managed the Electronics division of CeramTec AG.
On 1 April 1999, Prof. Dr. Huber was appointed to the executive board of CeramTec AG. He is mainly responsible for the Functional Ceramics, Central Services, Environment, Safety and Radiological Protection areas and is the director responsible for exports.
Rolf-Michael Müller
Rolf-Michael Müller was born on 24 May 1958 in Bielefeld. He studied Business
Economics from 1979 to 1983 at the European Business School, graduating as "Diplom-Betriebswirt".
After starting his career at Arthur Andersen & Co. in Frankfurt, he moved to
Metallgesellschaft AG Frankfurt. The focal points of his work were in the areas
of controlling and corporate development, most recently as Head of Department.
In 1992, Rolf-Michael Müller became Managing Director of Cerasiv GmbH, which
was merged into the new CeramTec AG in 1996 in the wake of the amalgamation with
Hoechst CeramTec AG. On 1 September 1996, he was appointed Executive Board Member
for Finance at CeramTec AG and is responsible there for the areas of Finance,
Accounting, Controlling, IT, Human Resources, Legal Affairs and Purchasing.