Group Executive Committee
Latest update: August 04, 2009
The Group Executive Committee has three members: the heads of the two divisions and the CFO:
| Name | Nationality | Position | Year of birth | With Rieter since | Member of the Executive Committee since | Current function since |
| Peter Gnägi | CH | Head of the Textile Systems Division | 1954 | 1990 | 2002 | 2002 |
| Urs Leinhäuser | CH | Chief Financial Officer and Head Corporate Center | 1959 | 2003 | 2003 | 2004 |
| Wolfgang Drees | DE | Head of the Automotive Systems Division | 1953 | 2007 | 2008 | 2008 |
Peter Gnägi (1954)
CV (English/PDF/30.4 KB)
- Head of the Textile Systems Division.
- Swiss national.
- Dipl. Masch. Ing. ETH Zurich.
- From 1979 to 1982 Alusuisse AG, Zurich; from 1982 to 1990 Mettler Instrumente AG, Stäfa; most recently as head Business Group Betriebsmittel; with Rieter since 1990, head of the Spun Yarn Systems Business Group from 1998 to 2002, in his present function since 2002.
- Member of the Executive Committee, Swissmem.
Urs Leinhäuser (1959)
CV (English/PDF/30.3 KB)
- Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Head of the Corporate Center.
- Swiss national.
- Dipl. Betriebsökonom HWV.
- From 1995 to 1999 Georg Fischer AG, most recently as head of Finance and Controlling, Division Piping Systems; from 1999 to 2003 Chief Financial Offi cer of Mövenpick Holding; with Rieter since April 2003 as head of Group Controlling and member of the Group Executive Committee, in his present function since January 2004.
- Member of the Board, Burckhardt Compression Holding AG, Winterthur.
Wolfgang Drees (1953)
CV (English/PDF/29.8 KB)
- Head of the Automotive Systems Division.
- German national.
- Masters Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Technical University of Hanover.
- From 1977 to 2005 Bosch Group in Germany, Switzerland and USA; since 2002 member of the Executive Committee of Robert Bosch GmbH, in charge of chassis systems, electrical tools, thermal engineering
and metals technology; with Rieter since January 2007 as head of Business Group Europe of Rieter Automotive Systems and deputy head of the division, in his present function since January 1, 2008. - Member of the Board, Huber Packaging Group, Öhringen, Germany.
Management contracts
There are no management contracts between Rieter Holding Ltd. and third parties.


