Managing Board & Supervisory Board

Chief Executive Officer

Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Reinert

After studying electrical engineering in South Africa, Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Reinert (b. 1968) received his doctorate at the Institute for Power Electronics and Electrical Drives (ISEA) at RWTH Aachen, Germany, and began his career as senior engineer there. From 1999 to 2011, he worked for Emotron AB in Sweden, where in his last position, as General Manager, he was responsible for Technology and Operations. From 2011 to 2014, as Executive Vice President, he was responsible for the division Power Plant Solutions at SMA. Under his leadership, SMA was successful in expanding its worldwide project business and developing turnkey system solutions for large-scale PV power plants. Since April 2014, Dr. Reinert has been a member of the Managing Board. He was appointed Chief Executive Officer in October 2018. With the extension of his contract in July 2023, the Supervisory Board appointed him Chairman of the Managing Board. Dr. Reinert is responsible for Strategy, Research & Development, Operations, the Home Solutions, Commercial & Industrial Solutions and Large Scale & Project Solutions segments as well as Sales & Service, Communication & Sustainability and Human Resources and also serves as labor director of SMA. He is a member of the Supervisory Board at Danfoss A/S.

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Dr.-Ing. Jürgen Reinert (Chief Executive Officer)

Board Member for Finance and Legal

Barbara Gregor

Barbara Gregor (b. 1970) started her career at the thyssenkrupp group after graduating in business management. She held a number of positions in Germany and abroad as well as at the group headquarters (central corporate function of controlling). Between 2002 and 2013, she worked in the group’s stainless steel segment, where she supported the establishment of the Shanghai Krupp Stainless joint venture in Shanghai. Her last role was head of controlling and authorized officer for the thyssenkrupp Stainless International Group. From 2013 to 2015, she was CFO of the apt Hiller Group where she spearheaded international growth and M&A projects. Before joining SMA, Barbara Gregor was CFO of the international operating unit thyssenkrupp Materials Trading and Managing Director (CFO) of thyssenkrupp Materials Trading GmbH, where she was responsible for managing and further developing the areas of Finance, Controlling, Accounting, Risk Management, Human Resources and IT. Since December 1, 2022, Barbara Gregor has been responsible for Finance, Investor Relations and Real Estate Management, Digitalisation/IT, Legal, Governance, Compliance, Risk Management and Internal Audit on the SMA Managing Board.

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