Philipp Kannengießer has been the CEO of KLINGELNBERG Group since 2024. Previously, he served as the COO from 2022 to 2024. Prior to that, from 2016 to 2022, he was the CFO/COO of Rothenberger AG. Mr. Kannengießer launched his career in 2000 at SMS Group GmbH, where he started out as a member of corporate staff working in internal consultancy. Still with the SMS Group, between 2003 and 2012, he was CFO at SMS Elotherm GmbH and between 2013 and 2016, CFO at SMS Concast AG. Philipp Kannengießer holds a degree in Business Administration from the University of Münster, Germany.

Christoph Küster joined KLINGELNBERG GmbH, Germany, as Managing Director in 2014. Before that, from 2003 until 2013 he occupied various positions in finance and controlling at Salzgitter group in Germany. Christoph Küster had started his career in 1995 at V+M Tubes in Germany, where he stayed until he left for university studies in 1998. He holds a degree in business administration from Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany. He serves as a member of the Advisory Council of HDI Global. 

Prasad Kizhakel has been the CSO of the Group since 2021, after having been the Managing Director of KLINGELNBERG India Pvt. Ltd., since 2012. Mr. Kizhakel has been successfully handling various functions and different task profiles for KLINGELNBERG AG since 1998. Previously he worked in the Auto Planning division of Tata Motors in India between 1995 and 1998. Prasad Kizhakel started his career at Larsen & Toubro Ltd., in India, where he supported the Heavy Engineering Unit. Mr. Kizhakel holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the National Institute of Technology - Jaipur, India and completed a Finance Course for Senior Managers at the London Business School.