Investor Relations

Christian Schmid is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of SCHMID since 2000. 
 
As a fifth-generation Schmid family member, Christian has held key leadership roles within SCHMID´s subsidiaries and affiliates throughout his career.
  
Christian is responsible for positioning SCHMID as a sustainable innovation leader in Electronics, Photovoltaics and Energy Systems industries.
 
Prior to joining SCHMID´s management team, he worked at Hahn & Kolb.
 
Christian holds an industrial engineering degree from Offenburg University of Applied Sciences.

Anette Schmid was appointed to the SCHMID Board of Directors in 2024. Anette is a fifth-generation Schmid family member and brings over 25 years of experience working with Schmid. 

Since 2013, Anette has focused on special projects in IT, Management and Controlling.  She is also a co-owner of Gebr. Schmid GmbH since 2011 and the owner of Schmid Aequitas GmbH & Co. KG and Schmid Aequitas Verwaltung GmbH.

Anette’s career highlights include serving as an SAP project manager and co-owner at untersee GmbH from 1999 to 2012, where she led the implementation of integrated SAP systems in various machinery and plant engineering companies. These include Mannesmann-Rexroth AG, Putzmeister AG, Winkler+Dünnebier GmbH, Krones AG, Herrenknecht AG, Schmidt Technology GmbH, KACO new energy GmbH, TQ-Systems GmbH, and others.

From 1996 to 1998, Anette worked at Gebr. Schmid GmbH, focusing on SAP activities in controlling and sub-project management during SAP system implementations, controlling, and logistics.

In addition to her roles at Gebr. Schmid GmbH, Anette is also a co-owner of Schmid Grundstücke GmbH & Co. KG and Schmid Grundstücksverwaltung GmbH since 2015. Anette holds a master’s degree in business administration.

Prof. Dr. Sir Ralf Speth joined the Schmid Board of Directors in 2024. Prof. Sir Ralf Speth serves in several supervisory boards in Europe, India, UK and USA.

In early 2010, Prof. Dr. Sir Ralf Speth became Chief Executive Officer of Jaguar Land Rover and a member of the board of Tata Motors later that year. In 2016, Ratan Tata also appointed him to the Supervisory Board of Tata Sons Ltd. On his retirement from Jaguar Land Rover in September 2020 he was nominated as a Non-Executive Director and Vice Chairman of the JLR Board.

In March 2021, he joined the Board of Directors of TVS Motor Company, which is one of the Top 5 global manufacturers of two- and three-wheelers. He took over as the company’s Chairman in 2022.

Prof. Dr. Sir Ralf Speth has been the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pegasus and Chairman of its board of directors. After the merger with the Schmid Group, he was nominated to chair the Board of Directors of the Schmid Group in 2024.

Prof. Dr. Sir Ralf Speth’s extensive network in the automotive and technology space is due to his long track-record of success and experience leading organizations around the world. His global network, including connections in India, will be highly valuable for SCHMID.

Prof. Dr. Sir Ralf Speth started his professional career at BMW, where he stayed for 20 years before joining Ford Motor Company’s Premier Automotive Group (PAG) and later Linde Group, the international gases, materials handling and engineering company.

Prof. Dr. Sir Ralf Speth has been a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering since 2014. In 2015, he was appointed Knight of the British Empire (KBE). In 2019 he was Knighted as Additional Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.

In 2020 Prof. Dr. Sir Ralf Speth was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

In January 2023 he has been conferred with an Honorary Doctorate in the field of Science (Doctor of Science, honoris causa) from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom.

Dr. Stefan Berger was appointed to the SCHMID Board of Directors in 2024. Dr. Berger is the Chief Investment Officer for Pegasus and has more than 15 years of experience in global blue-chip and family-owned companies across multiple geographies and sectors, including Automotive OEMs, Suppliers, and Commodities.

From 2017 to 2021, Dr. Berger served as Director of Electrification at Jaguar Land Rover Limited (JLR), the British multinational automotive subsidiary of Tata Motors. He laid the foundation for the company’s transformation to electric vehicles, including the launch of JLR’s first EV, the Jaguar I-Pace, the first vehicle ever to win three World Car of the Year Awards in one year, and the reveal of Project Vector. During this time, he also served as a trustee on the Board of The Faraday Institution from 2018 to 2020.

Prior to his electrification role, Dr. Berger served within the Tata Group as Vice President at Tata Sons in Mumbai (India). From 2010 to 2013 he was the Director of Corporate Strategy at JLR. He started his career as Executive Assistant of the CEO of the Linde Group, a leading global industrial gases and engineering company.

Dr. Berger earned a degree in Business Administration and Information Systems from the University of Passau, Germany, and went on to complete a doctoral thesis in Information Systems from the University of Regensburg (Institute of Information Systems) & Bavarian Research Association on Information Systems (“FORWIN”).

Mr. Boo-Keun Yoon was appointed to the SCHMID Board of Directors in 2024.

Mr. Yoon began his career at Samsung Electronics in November 1978 as a TV engineer. In 1999, Mr.Yoon was promoted to the executive level of the Global Operations Team for Samsung’s Visual Display Business. In January 2007, Mr. Yoon became Vice President and Head of the Visual Display Business, and in January 2009 he was promoted to President and Head of the division. In 2011, he was appointed to the role of President and Head of the Consumer Electronics Division and concurrently served as Head of the Digital Appliances Business. He was promoted to President and CEO of the Consumer Electronics Division in March 2013. In November 2017, he was appointed to Vice Chairman and CEO. Since May 2018, he has worked as Vice Chairman for the Corporate Relations Department.

In addition, he has acted as Vice Chairman of the Korean Chamber of Commerce and Industry as well as the Korean Enterprise Federation. From January 2020 until 2023, he also worked as senior advisor at Samsung Electronics. Mr. Yoon has been honored with several awards and accolades, including the Order of Science and Technology Merit from the President of Korea in April 2007.

Mr. Yoon holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from Hanyang University and has 45 years of experience at Samsung Electronics.