Change in Management of the AUMA Group

30.08.2022
Effective 1 July 2022, Mirko Pannwitz has been appointed new Managing Director for Sales and Service at electric actuator manufacturer AUMA Riester GmbH & Co. KG. He succeeds Ferdinand Dirnhofer as Chief Sales Officer (CSO). After more than 30 years of successful work for the AUMA Group, Mr Dirnhofer has decided to leave the management at his own request.
Change in Management of the AUMA Group

Mirko Pannwitz, new CSO at AUMA. (Image source: AUMA Riester GmbH & Co. KG)

"We deeply thank Ferdinand Dirnhofer for his many years of commitment and his special achievements for the AUMA Group and wish him all the best and much success in his professional and private life," says Dr Joerg Hoffmann, CEO of the AUMA Group.

“At the same time, we are pleased that with Mr Mirko Pannwitz we have been able to win a manager who, with his international experience and specific know-how, will provide additional impulses for the further development of the AUMA Group based on the company's successful development to date. We look forward to working with Mr. Pannwitz and welcome him to AUMA," says Dr Hoffmann.

Dipl.-Ing. Mirko Pannwitz studied electrical and industrial engineering. He has more than 20 years of experience in sales and marketing. He has held various international management positions in the Bosch Group and Forbo Group, in Germany, China and Italy. “I am looking forward to the new exciting and challenging task at AUMA Riester GmbH & Co. KG and working together in a successful team. I am thrilled to be engaged with a company whose market presence I have been following for years," says Mirko Pannwitz.

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