Dr. Carla Kriwet
Dr. Carla Kriwet assumed the positions of CEO and President Medical on September 1, 2025. She had already been serving as designated Chief Executive Officer and President Medical at CeramTec since July 2025. Dr Kriwet has many years of international management experience in medical technology and in cross-industry high-tech companies. Among other things, she was CEO of BSH Hausgeräte GmbH, CEO of Fresenius Medical Care AG and CEO of the Connected Care Division at Philips N.V.
Dr Kriwet studied business administration at the University of St. Gallen, where she graduated in 1994 and obtained her doctorate in 1997 - supported by a scholarship from the Swiss National Science Foundation and with research stays in India and Japan. With her deep understanding of global healthcare markets, digitally networked care solutions and sustainable corporate management, she brings valuable expertise to CeramTec. Her focus is on innovation, customer proximity and a forward-looking, diversity-conscious corporate culture. In addition to her professional commitment, Dr Kriwet has been an advocate for education, diversity and social responsibility for many years.
Eric Oellerer
On September 15, 2018, Eric Oellerer was appointed as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) to the CeramTec Group management board. In his most recent position as CFO and COO of Metabowerke GmbH, where he was since 2011, Eric Oellerer held joint responsibility for the restructuring of the company, including a marked improvement in profitability. Before that, he served as portfolio manager at HgCapital for three years, after being at Daimler/Mercedes-Benz, where he after some years in M&A was responsible for various companies in the role as CFO.
Eric Oellerer has a master’s degree in Business Administration from the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Netherlands, and a Magister Juris from the University of Vienna, Austria.
Horst Garbrecht
Horst W. Garbrecht assumed the position of President of the Industrial Division on 1. January 2022. With an engineering background, he most recently for 12 years led the power tool manufacturer Metabowerke GmbH with the well-known Metabo brand in the capacity of CEO. Since 2019, he was concurrently COO Europe of the Japanese parent company Koki Holdings and thus also responsible for the European business of the sister brand HiKOKI. In previous stages of his career, he was Managing Director and COO at the Swedish machine manufacturer Atlas Copco and later at the Hong Kong-Chinese company Techtronic Industries. His professional career as an engineer began at the power tool manufacturer Festool.
Horst Garbrecht is a qualified supervisory board member of Deutsche Börse and has been a member of the supervisory board of Basler AG (Computer Vision) in Hamburg since 2015. He was President of the European Power Tools Association (EPTA) from 2016 to 2021 and holds a degree in mechanical engineering / energy technology from Esslingen University of Applied Sciences.
