Ghilardi leading Goebel, new CEO coming in 2015

Roberta Ghilardi has been heading business operations at the Darmstadt-based mechanical engineering company Goebel Schneid- und Wickelsysteme GmbH since 1st August 2014. The previous CEO, Dr Ralf Enderle, will remain with the company. A new CEO will lead the company starting in 2015.

Roberta Ghilardi has a degree in engineering and has worked for IMS Deltamatic Group since 2000. As head of Business Process Reengineering and Controlling, she is primarily responsible for the integration of new companies into the Italian mechanical engineering group. She has also successfully managed projects to optimise quality and processes. Roberta Ghilardi will conduct her duties as interim CEO at Goebel.

After obtaining his doctorate from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at TU Darmstadt, Dr Enderle began his professional career at Maschinenfabrik GOEBEL GmbH in 1985. He first worked as an assistant before becoming the head of the design department for slitter rewinders. He was later named Technical Director for the Paper and Films business unit. In 2001, Dr Enderle was appointed to the management of the newly founded GOEBEL Schneid- und Wickelsysteme GmbH and became its CEO in 2010.