Stephan Josef Maria Kessel

Stephan Josef Maria Kessel is currently Chairman at Visiocorp Plc, Chairman at Dayco LLC, Chairman-Supervisory Board at Novem Group SA, Managing Director at Eurodrip SA, Member-Management Board at Hitched Holdings 1 BV, and Co-Chairman-Supervisory Board at Stabilus GmbH since 2011.
Former roles include Chief Executive Officer at Continental AG from 1999 to 2002, President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Wireco Worldgroup, Inc. in 2013, Chief Executive Officer at Wildcat (Dutch) BV, Chief Executive Officer at Novem Beteiligungs GmbH from 2013 to 2020, Chairman-Supervisory Board at Stabilus SE from 2019 to 2026, Chairman-Advisory Board at Gerresheimer Glas GmbH, Chairman at Etimex GmbH, Chairman at Armacell International GmbH, Chairman-Advisory Board at Stahl (USA), Inc., Chairman at Dayco Products LLC, Chairman at TimePartner Group GmbH, Chairman at Global Safety Textiles LLC, Chairman at Gearbox SARL, Director at Minimax Viking GmbH, Advisory Director at Investcorp International Ltd., Operating Director at Paine Schwartz Partners LLC, Director at R360 Environmental Solutions LLC, Director at Martinrea Honsel Germany GmbH, and Member-Supervisory Board at Armacell Enterprise GmbH & Co. KG from 2014 to 2016.
Education includes a doctorate from RWTH Aachen University.