Top Management

Dr. Jochen Weyrauch
CEO of Dürr Systems AG
Born in 1966
Nationality: German
Study: Industrial Engineering and Management
1990 – 1999 |
Continental Teves AG & Co. oHG, Frankfurt am Main Various management positions Member of the Management Board |
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1999 – 2002 | PhD (Dr.) |
1999 – 2003 |
Turbo-Lufttechnik GmbH (TLT), Zweibrücken & Cleveland, Ohio President & CEO |
2003 – 2005 |
Carl Schenck AG, Darmstadt Member of the Management Board/COO |
2006 – 2014 |
Schenck Process Holding GmbH, Darmstadt President & CEO |
2014 – 2016 |
Endurance Capital AG, Munich Senior Partner Independent Consultant |
since 2017 | Member of the Board of Management of Dürr AG, Bietigheim-Bissingen |

Jaroslaw Baginski
CFO of Dürr Systems AG
- Born in 1968
- Nationality: German
- Study: Master in Business Administration and Engineering / Diploma - Industrial Engineer (TU)
1995 - 2001 |
ABB Group Several positions in Finance and Administration Head of Finance and Controlling |
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2001 - 2005 |
Dürr Systems GmbH Controlling Manager |
2005 - 2008 |
Dürr Systems GmbH Controlling Business Unit Paint Systems |
2008 - 2015 |
Dürr Sytems GmbH Global CFO of the Division Paint and Final Assembly Systems |
since 2015 |
Member of the Board of Management and CFO of Dürr Systems AG, Bietigheim-Bissingen Additionally: Head of the Cross Functional Team Health & Safety at Dürr Group |

Bruno Welsch
CEO Division Paint and Final Assembly Systems
Born in 1966
Nationality: German
Education: Electrician and Systems informatics technician
1985 – 1995 |
Various positions at Zertz + Scheid Ingenieurgesellschaft in electrical hardware design and software development, among others |
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1996 – 2000 |
Career start at Dürr electrical hardware design and software development |
2000 – 2001 |
Team leader software development |
2002 – 2005 | Project manager |
2005 – 2008 | Managing Director of Dürr de México S.A. de C.V. |
2008 – 2010 |
President of Paint and Final Assembly Systems of Dürr de México S.A. de C.V. and Vice President of Paint and Final Assembly Systems North America |
2010 – 2018 | President & CEO of Dürr Systems North America (Canada, USA, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador) |
since August 2018 |
CEO of the Paint and Final Assembly Systems division and member of the Board of Management of Dürr Systems AG, Bietigheim-Bissingen |

Dr. Lars Friedrich
CEO Division Application Technology
Born in 1971
Nationality: German
Study: Physics and Business Administration
1996 – 1999 | CREOL Fellowship, University of Central Florida, USA |
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1999 | Ph.D. Physics |
1999 – 2000 |
Ciena Corp, Hanover, Maryland, USA Lead Engineer |
2000 – 2008 |
Adva Optical Networking SE, Munich various management positions (incl. Vice President Technology/Strategy, Vice President Product Line) |
2009 – 2015 |
JDS Uniphase Corp., Miliptas, California, USA Vice President and General Manager in various business units |
2015 – 2018 |
Sick AG, Reute Chairman Division Identification & Measuring Member of the Sick Management Board Co Head Sick Industry 4.0 Initiative |
since October 2018 | Member of the Board of Management Dürr Systems AG, Bietigheim-Bissingen |
from January 2019 | CEO Division Application Technology |

Dr. Daniel Schmitt
CEO Division Clean Technology Systems
Born in 1970
Nationality: German
Study: Chemical engineering (Dipl.-Ing.)
1997 – 2002 |
University of Applied Sciences Karlsruhe, Engler-Bunte-Institute, Karlsruhe Research Associate |
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2002 | PhD (Dr.) |
2002 – 2008 |
Freudenberg Vliesstoffe KG, Weinheim various management positions (incl. Head of Sales Industrial Filtration Germany/Scandinavia, Filter division) |
2008 |
Freudenberg Nonwovens (Pty) Ltd., Johannesburg General Manager, Filter division |
2009 – 2010 |
Freudenberg Filtration Technologies (Pty) Ltd., Johannesburg Managing Director and Site Executive Officer |
2011 – 2017 |
Freudenberg Filtration Technologies SE & Co. KG, Weinheim Head of Industrial Filtration Europe as well as Global Vice President Industrial Filtration |
since July 2017 | CEO Clean Technology Systems division |
since March 2020 | Member of the Board of Management of Dürr Systems AG, Bietigheim-Bissingen |