Dr Konrad Pagenstert

As a member of the Executive board for Linde Material Handling since 2022 Dr Konrad Pagenstert is responsible for Operations. This covers all Manufacturing Sites and Refurbishment Centers, the complete Supply Chain, the HSE function and the area of Industrial Engineering & Operational Excellence. Konrad has an engineering and PhD background, before joining KION ITS EMEA he spent almost 30 years working for a number of leading engineering and manufacturing companies, including BMW, Robert Bosch, KraussMaffei and Whirlpool.

Here is a brief overview of his professional career:

• Since 2022, Linde Material Handling, Aschaffenburg, Germany
  Member of the Executive Board responsible for Operations
• 2018–2021, Bosch Siemens Household Appliances GmbH, Munich, Germany
  CTO/COO Region Emerging Markets, Istanbul, Turkey
• 2017–2018, ZKW Group, Wieselburg, Austria
  COO Group
• 2016–2017 BOSAL Group, Lummen, Belgium
  Managing Director Transport Systems, Markgröningen, Germany
• 2013–2015, KraussMaffei Technologies GmbH, Munich, Germany
  COO Group
• 2012–2013, Danaher Corp., Washington, D.C., USA
  VP Operations Leica Microsystems, Wetzlar, Germany
• 2009–2012, Whirlpool Corporation, Benton Harbor, USA
  GM/VP Operations Varese, Italy/Marion, USA
• 2005–2009, Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, Germany
  Plant Manager, Robert Bosch Automotive Steering (formerly ZF), Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany
• 1996–2005, BMW Group, Munich, Germany
  Production Manager/IE Manager/Supply Chain, Munich & Dingolfing, Germany/Birmingham, UK

• Education
  • 1999–2004, PhD at Cranfield University, UK
  • 1991–2000, Master of Engineering, RWTH Aachen, Germany
  • 1988–1991, Bachelor of Engineering, Imperial College London, UK