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Dr. Ralf Kuschnereit
Dr. Ralf Kuschnereit has been a member of the Executive Board of JENOPTIK AG since January 1, 2023.

Executive responsibilities
- Division Advanced Photonic Solutions
- Procurement
- Operational Excellence
- Innovation
- Digital Transformation
- Intellectual Property (IP)
Vita
Dr. Ralf Kuschnereit was born in 1968. He studied physics at the University of Bonn. Subsequently he received his PhD at the University of Heidelberg in physical chemistry and obtained a Master of Business Administration at the University of Heidelberg and Katz Graduate School of Business in Pittsburgh, PA.
Dr. Ralf Kuschnereit has extensive management experience in various roles. He started his professional career as a group technologist in the field of photolithography development and most recently held the role of head of the Ophthalmological Systems business unit and President & CEO of Carl Zeiss Meditec Inc. in the US.
In July 2017, Dr. Ralf Kuschnereit joined Jenoptik and is responsible for the Advanced Photonic Solutions division. He has been a member of the Executive Board of JENOPTIK AG since January 1, 2023.
Other mandats
JENOPTIK Automatisierungstechnik GmbH (Managing Director, group internal)
JENOPTIK Optical Systems GmbH (Managing Director, group internal)
JENOPTIK JAPAN Co. Ltd., Japan (Member, group internal, comparable supervisory body, not stock-listed)
JENOPTIK Optical Systems, LLC, USA (Chairman, group internal, comparable supervisory body, not stock-listed)
SwissOptic AG, Schweiz, (Chairman, group internal, comparable supervisory body, not stock-listed)
SwissOptic (Wuhan) Co., Ltd., China (Member, group internal, comparable supervisory body, not stock-listed)