Lubert Winnecken Appointed as New Chairman of the VDMA Building Valves Division

Lubert Winnecken succeeds Stefan Gesing, formerly CEO of VDMA member company Dornbracht AG & Co. KG. Gesing left the Board of the Building Valves Association at the beginning of July 2024.

“I would like to thank our former chairman Stefan Gesing from the bottom of my heart for his special commitment to our industry. Under his leadership, the VDMA Building Valves division has continued to develop positively, even in economically challenging times, and has provided important impetus for the industry,” emphasises Lubert Winnecken on the occasion of his election. “The building valves industry is a diverse sector and plays a central role in modern building technology. Together, we want to work on innovative solutions for the industry in the coming years, pool synergies and actively shape the future of our industry.”

At the occasion of the election of the new chairman, Marc Dobro was appointed as a new member of the division's board.

“As the managing director of one of the leading brands in the sanitary industry, it is very important to me to actively support a strong sanitary industry”, explains Marc Dobro, managing director of Grohe Deutschland Vertriebs GmbH, his motivation for joining the board. “In my new role as a member of the VDMA Building Valves board, I would now like to work with my industry colleagues to further emphasise the interests of the valve industry, especially with regard to representatives from politics.”

Dr Laura Dorfer, Managing Director of VDMA Valves, is also delighted: “It is great that we have been able to gain an experienced and visionary chairman in Lubert Winnecken, who will champion the interests of building valves. With the additional strengthening of our board by Marc Dobro, we are now ideally positioned to successfully master the numerous challenges of the present and the future.”

The board of the VDMA Building Valves Division is completed by Andrea Bußmann, Managing Director Sales & Marketing, SCHELL GmbH & Co. KG Olpe, Dirk Gellisch, Managing Director Viega Holding GmbH & Co. KG Attendorn, Dr. Michael Rehse, Managing Director - Casting and Building Technology Division Gebr. Kemper GmbH + Co. KG Olpe, Michael Rimm, Head of Sales Germany IMI Hydronic Engineering Erwitte, Johannes Rump, Managing Partner Oventrop GmbH & Co. KG Olsberg and Elisa Sasserath-Kentsch, Managing Partner Hans Sasserath GmbH & Co. KG Korschenbroich.