Personal data

Year of birth: 1965
Nationality: German
Professional qualification: PhD (Business Administration, University of Wuerzburg)

Professional career

Prior to her appointment to the Management Board of SUSS, Dr. Cornelia Ballwießer was most recently a member of the Executive Board and CFO of PWO AG, a mobility industry company listed in the Deutsche Boerse’s Prime Standard segment. There, between November 2020 and June 2023, she was responsible for finance, financial planning and analysis, investor relations, purchasing, IT, legal, compliance, and corporate governance. She served in various management roles in the automotive supply industry starting in 2001. She was responsible for controlling, accounting and corporate planning throughout the Group at LEONI AG, most recently as Senior Vice President for Corporate Planning and Corporate Accounting, before moving to the position of Managing Director and CFO at Hirschmann Car Communication GmbH. Ballwießer began her career at VIAG AG in Munich in 1995 and took charge of its corporate accounting activities in 1998. She studied business administration at Julius-Maximilians-Universitaet of Wuerzburg, where she worked as a research assistant at the Institute of Auditing and Consulting and completed her academic career with a doctorate in 1996.

Memberships of statutory supervisory boards in Germany 

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Memberships in comparable domestic and foreign supervisory bodies of commercial enterprises 

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Member of the Management Board since July 1, 2023. Currently appointed to the Management Board until June 30, 2026.