Management bodies

Board

Kurt Bengel
CEO

Kurt Bengel joined the Management Board on 1 January 2007 and became Chief Executive Officer of CENIT AG on 31 July 2012. As CEO, he is responsible for the Investor Relations and Marketing departments, and international business operations

Kurt Bengel, born in 1962, graduated from Aalen University of Applied Sciences in 1987 with an engineering degree. He went on to work as a CAD/CAM assistant and CATIA Trainer for TW Trans GmbH. In 1988, Kurt Bengel joined CENIT AG in Stuttgart and held various positions in sales and consulting, including as a CAD-CAM application consultant, in CAD/CAM solution sales, as a sales manager, business unit manager, international sales manager, director of PLM solutions and an authorized officer of the firm.

Dr. Markus Wesel
CFO

Dr. Markus Wesel joined the CENIT Group as a member of the Executive Board on July 1, 2020

Dr. Markus Wesel, born in 1978, graduated in 2003 from the University of Osnabrück with a degree in economics. Following his studies, he worked as a project and audit manager in the consulting & auditing department of PricewaterhouseCoopers AG until 2010. In parallel, Markus Wesel completed his doctoral studies at the University of Osnabrück from 2005-2009 and earned the title of Dr. rer. pol.

From 2010 to 2015, Dr. Wesel led the Controlling Department at KME Germany AG & Co. KG (Osnabrück) and later the department of Accounting & Processes at Paulaner Brauerei & Co. KG / Schörghuber Group (Munich). In 2015, Dr. Wesel joined the NEMETSCHEK Group / Allplan GmbH in Munich where he held the position of Senior Vice President Finance, Legal & Operations. Parallel to his professional career, Dr. Wesel is active as a lecturer: In the years 2004-2011 he taught in the Accounting & Controlling department of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Osnabrück/Emsland. Since 2014, Dr. Wesel has been an associate lecturer in the Economics Department at the Fresenius University of Applied Sciences in Munich.

Supervisory board

The CENIT leadership team

The CENIT leadership team works together with the Executive Board to drive forward the issues at the heart of our future strategy, across all areas of the business. Three key projects are improving our customer orientation, strengthening our ability to innovate and developing employee skills.