Supervisory Board Chairman

Ralf Terheyden (*1965), studied business management at the University of Göttingen. He then specialized in the area of corporate finance in his work as an auditor for one of the largest auditing firms worldwide. From 1997 to 1999, he mainly worked on restructuring and consulting in M&A. In 2000, he moved to a medium-sized auditing firm and became head of the corporate financing department. A well-known partnership in London was the next highlight on his C.V.
 
Since May 2003, Mr. Terheyden has been working as a self-employed as auditor, commercial manager and tax adviser; and since September 2004 as  Managing Director of his own company. In March 2007, Mr. Terheyden opened a second office. As Chairman of the Elterninitiative krebskranker Kinder Oldenburg e.V. (Oldenburg parents`initiative for children with cancer), Mr. Terheyden offers his expertise to the charity association on a voluntary basis.
 
He has been a member of the NanoFocus AG Supervisory Board since 2006 and has been its chairman from 2007 to 2012. From 2012 to 2017, Mr. Terheyden was NanoFocus AG´s Supervisory Board Vice Chairman. 

Supervisory Board Vice Chairman

Stephan Gais (*1965), studied business administration at Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich. After his studies, he worked as assistant to the chairman of the management board at Moll KG and later as a Business Consultant at A.T. Kearney GmbH. From 1992 to 1994 Mr. Stephan Gais had the Position of Managing director at Kieninger Uhrenfabrik GmbH.

1994 Mr. Gais changed to Mahr GmbH in Göttingen, where he took over the Position of the Managing director. As Managing associate of Mahr Holding GmbH, from 1997 to 2000 Mr. Gais was responsible for the sectors of controlling, finances and production. Since 2010, Mr. Gais is chairman of the management board and associate of Mahr GmbH & Co. KG.

On August 12, 2020, Mr. Manuel Hüsken was appointed to the Supervisory Board of NanoFocus AG.

Mr. Hüsken studied general mechanical engineering in Giessen,

He worked in research at Daimler Benz AG and wrote his diploma thesis in the field of vehicle dynamics and alternative drive concepts in Stuttgart.

Mr. Hüsken then moved to Rittal GmbH (Friedhelm Loh Group) in 1997, where he worked for around 16 years. There he worked in various areas such as R&D, product management and marketing as well as the sales organization, where he held various management positions.

Mr. Hüsken then moved to SMA Solartechnology AG as Executive Vice President and headed the business unit for the systems business as a member of the management team of the technology leader for inverters for the photovoltaic industry.

In 2014, Mr. Hüsken took over the management of the Europe/Middle East/Africa sales organization of the Industry business unit of TE Connectivity AG, the market leader for connectors.

In 2016, he joined Mahr GmbH, where Mr. Hüsken took over the global sales organization as an authorized signatory and thus VP Global Sales on 01.06.2016 and became Managing Director and CSO of the Carl Mahr Group on 01.04.2019. He is responsible for sales, service, product management, marketing and special machine construction.

On July 1, 2020, Mr. Hüsken succeeded the previous CEO and co-partner and was appointed CEO and Spokesman of the Group Management Board and 12 months later CEO and Chairman of the Group Management Board of the Carl Mahr Group.