Curriculum Vitae 

Dr. Karl Tragl

Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Date of birth: June 1962
Nationality: German

Since June 2021 CEO of Wacker Neuson SE (responsible for the following departments: Strategy, M&A, Legal & Compliance, Human Resources, Investor Relations, Corporate Communications, Sustainability, Real Estate)

  • 2018 – 2020 Diehl Gruppe: Spokesman of the Executive Board
  • 2016 – 2017 Alcoa/Arconic Inc. (USA): Group President Engineered Products & Solutions
  • 2010 – 2016 Bosch Rexroth AG: Vorsitzender des Vorstands
  • 2008 – 2010 Bosch Rexroth AG: Member of the Executive Board, responsible for Marketing, Sales & Factory Automation
  • 2003 – 2008 Bosch Rexroth AG: (Technical) Manager of the Electric Drives & Controls Business Unit
  • 2000 – 2003 Bosch Rexroth AG: Head of the Service Division
  • 1998 – 2000 Siemens AG: Managing Director Standard Drives (U.K.)
  • 1991 – 1998 Siemens Management Consulting: Project Manager and Partner
  • 1987 – 1991 German Aerospace Center: Test engineer and doctorate in high frequency technology and communications engineering

Degree in Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nuremberg

Membership in official bodies:

Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Munich, Germany, Member of the Senate