Executive Board
The Executive Board of Viscom SE currently consists of three members: Carsten Salewski (Sales/Operations), Dr. Martin Heuser (Development/Production) and Dirk Schwingel (Finances). The Executive Board is responsible for the management of the Company. The primary tasks of the Executive Board are determining strategic alignment, managing the Company, and planning, establishing and monitoring a risk management system and compliance. All members of the Executive Board are involved in the day-to-day management of the Company and bear responsibility for operations.
Dr. Martin Heuser
Martin Heuser was born in Kempen on the River Rhine in Germany in 1957. In 1976 he completed his Abitur (German A-levels) at the natural sciences secondary school, Fichte-Schule, in Krefeld, Germany. In 1978, he studied electrical engineering at the University of Hanover, and graduated with the title "Diplom Ingenieur" (electrical engineer) in 1984.
In the same year, together with Volker Pape, he founded a civil-law partnership for industrial image processing. Two years later this was changed to the Viscom Industrielle Bildverarbeitung GmbH. Following the company's conversion to the Viscom AG in 2001, he was appointed as a member of the Executive Board. Thanks to his endeavours Viscom, after more than 30 successful years of business, is now European market leader in printed circuit board inspection and ranks among the top three worldwide.
In 1990 Dr. Martin Heuser did his doctorate on the topic “A Relaxation Process for Position Determination of Three-Dimensional Objects from a Monocular Perspective” at the Institute for Theoretical Communications Engineering and Information Processing. The current Executive Board employment contract runs until 31 March 2027.
Carsten Salewski
Carsten Salewski has been a member of the Executive Board of Viscom SE since June 2018. As COO, he is responsible for Sales and Operations.
Prior to joining the Viscom Executive Board, he was President and CEO of Viscom, Inc., the American subsidiary headquartered in Atlanta, along with the associated business locations in Silicon Valley, California, and in Mexico where he was responsible for Viscom’s business in the Americas.
He is a director of the board of IPC, the leading electronics industry association, and serves as chairman of the IPC SMEMA Council as well as of the European Government Relations Committee of IPC in Brussels.
Mr Salewski as Chairman of the Board of the Productronic Division of the VDMA is also a member of the EMINT Board. From 2015 to 2022, he has also been a volunteer member on the Board of Directors of the German American Chambers of Commerce in Atlanta.
There are no memberships in legally required supervisory boards or other domestic and foreign control committees of commercial enterprises.
Carsten Salewski was born in 1968, in Lüneburg, Germany. After graduating from the Herderschule Lüneburg secondary school, he entered the Electrical Engineering program at the University of Hanover in 1988. In 1993, Mr. Salewski was employed by Viscom before graduating with the title Diplom-Ingenieur in 1995. The current Executive Board employment contract runs until 31 May 2028.
Dirk Schwingel
Dirk Schwingel was born in Diepholz in Germany in 1963. In 1983 he completed his Abitur (German A–levels) at the Söderblom secondary school in Espelkamp, Germany. In 1985, he studied economics at the University of Paderborn, and graduated with the title “Diplom-Kaufmann” in 1991.
Still during his study time Dirk Schwingel worked at ITT Automotive Europe GmbH (today´s Continental AG) in Gifhorn, Germany. After approximately 4.5 years he changed to Rheinmetall-Group, an internationally operating and listed conglomerate. After different positions within the Rheinmetall AG (Dusseldorf) and Jagenberg AG (Neuss) in 1999 he changed into the function of the managing director of Benz & Hilgers GmbH in Neuss, which he held till the middle of 2010.
Since the 1st of July, 2010 Mr. Schwingel has been employed at Viscom in Hanover. First he held the function of Head of Finance and Administration, with effect from the 1st of June, 2011 he has been appointed to the member of the Executive Board of Viscom. Furthermore, Dirk Schwingel has been a member of the Hanover Stock Exchange Council since April 2017. The current Executive Board employment contract runs until 31 May 2028.
Supervisory Board
The Supervisory Board of Viscom SE currently consists of Prof. Dr. Michèle Morner (Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board), Volker Pape (Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board) and Prof. Dr. Ludger Overmeyer. The term of office of the members of the Supervisory Board of Viscom SE ends at the end of the Annual General Meeting that approves the actions of the Supervisory Board for the financial year 2029 of Viscom SE.
Prof. Dr. Ludger Overmeyer was elected to the Supervisory Board of Viscom AG for the first time at the Annual General Meeting on 27 May 2014 by way of individual election. Prof. Dr. Michèle Morner and Volker Pape were elected to the Supervisory Board of Viscom AG for the first time at the Annual General Meeting on 30 May 2018 by way of individual election.ay management of the Company and bear responsibility for operations.
Prof. Dr. Michèle Morner
Profession:
University professor and Chair of Public Management and Leadership at the German University of Administrative Sciences in Speyer and Scientific Director of the Scientific Institute for Corporate Governance [wifucg], Deimern
Place of residence:
Deimern, Germany
First order: 2018; Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board since May 30, 2018
Ordered until: June 5, 2030
Personal Data:
Date of birth:
22 February 1967
Place of birth:
Hamburg, Germany
Nationality:
German
Education:
Business studies degree from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, doctorate (Dr. rer. pol., summa cum laude) and postdoctoral lecturing qualification from the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt
Career:
- 2000 to 2003:
Managing Partner of Ynnor Systems GmbH - 1998 to 2008:
Postdoctoral lecturing qualification from the Business Administration Faculty of the Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt - 2008 - 2012
Reinhard Mohn Chair of Management, Business Ethics and Social Change at Witten/Herdecke University - 2011 - 2012:
Officer for External Relations in the Executive Committee of the European Academy of Management (EURAM), Brussels, Belgium - 2010 to 2015:
Founder and Scientific Director of the Reinhard Mohn Institute of Corporate Governance at Witten/Herdecke University - Since 2012:
Chair of Public Management and Leadership at the German University of Administrative Sciences in Speyer - 2011 to 2016:
Member of the Advisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG - 2013 to 2017:
Member of the Advisory Board of Storch-Cireth GmbH - 2015 to 2021:
Member of the Nominations Committee of the Financial Reporting Enforcement Panel (FREP) - Since 2016:
Scientific Director of the Scientific Institute for Corporate Governance [wifucg], Deimern - 2017 to 2018:
Member of the Supervisory Board of KUKA AG - Since 2017:
Member of the Executive Board of the Working Group for Economic Administration (Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Wirtschaft und Verwaltung e.V.)
Relevant expertise, skills and experience:
As an independent member of the Supervisory Board and on the basis of her education and previous professional activity, Prof. Dr. Michèle Morner has special expertise in the field of auditing and accounting as defined by section 100(5) of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG). As the founder and former managing director of Ynnor Systems GmbH and a former member of the Audit Committee of KUKA AG, she also has outstanding expertise in matters of corporate planning as well as internal control and risk management systems. Moreover, corporate governance and management concepts are her main area of academic research.
Membership of statutory German supervisory boards:
None
Membership of comparable executive bodies of companies in Germany or abroad:
None
Material activities in addition to the above mandates and the Supervisory Board mandate:
University professor and Chair of Public Management and Leadership at the German University of Administrative Sciences in Speyer
Scientific Director of the Scientific Institute for Corporate Governance [wifucg], Deimern
Disclosures in accordance with Recommendation C.13 of the German Corporate Governance Code (GCGC)
The Supervisory Board considers Prof. Dr. Michèle Morner to be independent as defined by Recommendation C.6(2) of the GCGC. Other than being a member of the Supervisory Board, Prof. Dr. Michèle Morner has no business or personal relationship with the company, its Executive Board or the controlling shareholder that could cause a substantial and not merely temporary conflict of interest. Furthermore, Prof. Dr. Michèle Morner does not exercise board or advisory functions at any of the company’s material competitors, nor does she have personal relationships with such companies.
As at June 2025
Dipl.-Ing. Volker Pape
Profession:
Managing Partner of HPC Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, independent business consultant
Place of residence:
Hanover, Germany
First order: 2018; Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board since May 30, 2018
Ordered until: June 5, 2030
Personal Data:
Date of birth:
2 October 1955
Place of birth:
Osnabrück, Germany
Nationality:
German
Education:
Studied electrical engineering at the University of Hanover
Career:
- 1984:
Established GbR für Industrielle Bildverarbeitung with Martin Heuser, which was transformed into Viscom Industrielle Bildverarbeitung GmbH two years later - Since 2000:
Active member of the VDMA - Since 2000:
Managing Partner of HPC Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, Hanover - 2001 to 2018:
Volker Pape was appointed to the Executive Board when the company was transformed into Viscom AG in 2001. In this capacity, he was responsible for the areas of Sales, International Business and Corporate Development - 2003 to 2005:
Chairman of the Industrial Image Processing department in the VDMA - 2005 to 2009:
Chairman of the Productronic Association in the VDMA - Since 2012:
Member of the Executive Board of the Productronic Association in the VDMA - Since 2013:
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Hanover Centre for Optical Technology (HOT) at the University of Hanover - 2017 to 2024:
Chairman of the Productronic department in the VDMA - Since 2019:
Member of the International Advisory Committee (IAC) of the PhoenixD Cluster of Excellence at the University of Hanover
Relevant expertise, skills and experience:
Mr Volker Pape is a recognised expert in the fields of electrical engineering and information technology. He has many years of industry experience in the field of industrial image processing for electronics manufacturing. As the founder and a former member of the Executive Board of Viscom AG, Mr Volker Pape has both a technical background and many years of experience of actively managing the company, and enhances the Supervisory Board’s insight into the company’s operational processes. As a former member of the Executive Board of Viscom AG, Mr Volker Pape was directly involved in the management of the Group’s various international branches and subsidiaries. He also has expertise in the field of auditing and accounting thanks to his years of work as a member of the executive board of a listed company and his many years as a member of the three-person Supervisory Board of Viscom AG, which also constitutes the Audit Committee entrusted with accounting and audit oversight.
Membership of statutory German supervisory boards:
None
Membership of comparable executive bodies of companies in Germany or abroad:
None
Material activities in addition to the above mandates and the Supervisory Board mandate:
Managing Partner of HPC Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, independent business consultant
Disclosures in accordance with Recommendation C.13 of the German Corporate Governance Code (GCGC)
Since 1 July 2018, Mr Volker Pape and the company have had a long-term consulting agreement that goes beyond the scope of the consulting and monitoring duties performed by Mr Volker Pape as a member of the Supervisory Board of the company, hence this agreement is remunerated separately. The aim of the consulting agreement is to continue to utilise the contractor’s experience and knowledge for the benefit of the Executive Board following his many years of successful work for the company and to retain the contractor as a consultant in the long term. The consultancy agreement was entered into at market conditions.
Mr Volker Pape is a former member of the Executive Board of Viscom AG and has been a member of the Supervisory Board since 30 May 2018. He was nominated in accordance with section 100(2) sentence 1 no. 4 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) at the proposal of the shareholder HPC Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, Hanover, which holds more than 25% of the voting rights in the company. The Supervisory Board endorsed this nomination. As no other former members of the Executive Board sit on the Supervisory Board of Viscom AG, Mr Volker Pape’s election is consistent with Recommendation C.11 of the GCGC, which states that the Supervisory Board should not consist of more than two former members of the Executive Board.
Mr Volker Pape holds an indirect stake in HPC Vermögensverwaltung GmbH, Hanover, through other family companies and foundations, and is its managing director. HPC Vermögensverwaltung GmbH holds a total of 4,869,085 shares with a notional value of € 1.00 per share in the total share capital of € 9,020,000.00 of Viscom SE, based in Hanover (Hanover Local Court HRB 59696), corresponding to a voting share of approximately 53.98 % of the voting rights. There are agreements between Viscom SE and HPC Vermögensverwaltung GmbH regarding rental and leasing relationships as well as service agreements. All agreements were concluded at terms that the company considers to be in line with market conditions. In the 2024 financial year, the company incurred expenses of € 2,336 thousand in connection with its business relationships with HPC Vermögensverwaltung GmbH. As of the reporting date, liabilities amounted to € 2 thousand. There is no economic dependency. Furthermore, Viscom SE and HPC Vermögensverwaltung GmbH are not in any relevant competitive relationship with each other due to their different business purposes and product and service offerings.
As at June 2025
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ludger Overmeyer
Profession:
University professor and Director of the Transport and Automation Technology Institute at the University of Hanover
Place of residence:
Wunstorf, Germany
First order: 2014; Member of the Supervisory Board since May 27, 2014
Ordered until: June 5, 2030
Personal Data:
Date of birth:
3 August 1964
Place of birth:
Recke, Germany
Nationality:
German
Education:
Studied electrical engineering at the University of Hanover
Doctorate in mechanical engineering at the University of Hanover
Career:
- 1991 to 1993:
Research associate at Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. - 1996:
Doctorate in mechanical engineering at the University of Hanover - 1994 to 1997:
Head of the “Machinery and Controls” department at Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V. - 1997 to 2001:
Mühlbauer AG: Project Manager for Development; Head of “Semiconductor Backend Automation”; Head of Research and Development - Since 2002:
University professor and Director of the Transport and Automation Technology Institute at the University of Hanover, Garbsen - Since 2007:
Managing Partner at IPH, Institut für Integrierte Produktion gGmbH, Hanover - 2010 to 2023:
Member of the Executive Board of Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hanover - Since 2023:
Member of the Scientific Board of Directors of Laser Zentrum Hannover e.V., Hanover
Relevant expertise, skills and experience:
Prof. Dr. Overmeyer is a recognised expert in the fields of electrical engineering and information technology. He has many years of industry experience in the field of systems technology for electronics manufacturing in management positions. Prof. Overmeyer also has more than 20 years of experience of managing a large number of national and international research projects in the fields of systems technology, electronics manufacturing and laser technology. In management positions and as a member of the executive board of major institutions and as a member of the supervisory board of a listed engineering company, he possesses extensive experience of managing and running businesses.
Membership of statutory German supervisory boards:
Since June 2019: Member of the Supervisory Board of LPKF Laser & Electronics SE, Garbsen (listed)
Membership of comparable executive bodies of companies in Germany or abroad:
None
Material activities in addition to the above mandates and the Supervisory Board mandate:
Since 2015: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Laser Centre Hannover e.V.
Since 2019: Spokesperson and Executive Board Member of the PhoenixD Cluster of Excellence at Leibniz University Hannover
Disclosures in accordance with Recommendation C.13 of the German Corporate Governance Code (GCGC)
The Supervisory Board considers Prof. Dr. Ludger Overmeyer to be independent as defined by Recommendation C.6(2) of the GCGC. Other than being a member of the Supervisory Board, Prof. Dr. Ludger Overmeyer has no business or personal relationship with the company, its Executive Board or the controlling shareholder that could cause a substantial and not merely temporary conflict of interest.
Prof. Dr. Ludger Overmeyer also does not exercise board or advisory functions at any of the company’s material competitors, nor does he have personal relationships with such companies.
As at June 2025