Jörg Leinenbach has been with IBU-tec since January 2015. Since then, he went on to lead the Group as CEO with a special emphasis on the value-adding processes and also manages the commercial side of the Group. Before joining IBU-tec, Mr. Leinenbach worked for Prego Services in Saarbrücken as a division manager in commercial management. He studied business administration at Saarland University, majoring in auditing and trusteeship as well as tax law. In his career to date, he has held various management positions in accounting, controlling and investment management.
Since 2000, Ulrich Weitz has built the company into its current form and successfully led it to the stock market. As CEO, he was responsible for the entire IBU-tec Group until 2023. He then accompanied the company as Chairman of the Supervisory Board. He has been back on the Executive Board since November 1, 2024 and, as the company's Chief Product Officer (CPO), is focusing on the growth area of battery materials.
As division head, Dr. Nico Zobel is responsible for the central Operations division and the Sales, Services & Products division, in which he himself is division head.
Supervisory Board
The supervisory board of IBU-tec meets several times a year to discuss the company's activities and management decisions.
Sandrine Cailleteau / Paris / Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board
Sandrine Cailleteau has been a member of the supervisory board since 2007. She holds a degree in Political Science and an MBA. After her MBA studies, she worked for several years as a Licensing Project Director for Sanofi and held a variety of positions at the leading edge pharmaceutical companies Fournier Pharma and Hesperion, as well as the investment banking firm, Michel Dyens & Co. In 2013, she founded SCiH Advisory and since December 2022 holds the position of Managing Director, European Healthcare at investment bank RBC Capital Markets.
Dr. Jens Thomas Thau / Berlin / Vice President
Dr. Jens Thomas Thau is a lawyer, specializing in Employment Law. He has been a member (and vice-chairman) of the supervisory board since 2012 and acts as legal advisor to the company. Following his university studies in Berlin and New York, he worked as an academic researcher, a coach for legal examinations, and as a lawyer. In his current position, Dr. Thau is Chairman of the EBF Banking Committee for European Social Affairs, Co-Chair and Chief Legal Counsel of AGV Banken (The Employers’ Association of Private Banks). Dr. Thau is also a partner in his own legal firm.
Isabelle Weitz / Paris
Isabelle Weitz has been a member of the Supervisory Board since 2023. She is currently employed by General Motors Europe as Communication Manager and previously worked at Omnicom PR Group, Paris, advising international clients in the financial services, automotive and technology sectors on communications strategy. After studying European Politics and International Journalism in London, where she graduated with a Master's degree, she began her career in the communications department of financial technology company Fractal Labs before joining communications agency Fleishman Hillard, where she quickly took on responsibility for various client projects.