After almost 20 years at Zeiss, the president and CEO of Carl Zeiss AG, Karl Lamprecht, Ph.D., M.B.A., has decided not to extend his contract. Therefore, the supervisory board of Carl Zeiss AG has decided to appoint Andreas Pecher as the new president and CEO of Carl Zeiss AG, effective Apr. 1, 2025. Pecher joined Zeiss in 2013, and has been a member of the executive board, responsible for the Zeiss Semiconductor Manufacturing Technology (SMT) segment, since 2022.

In other Zeiss news, the supervisory board has appointed Frank Rohmund as a member of the executive board and head of the Zeiss SMT segment, effective Jan. 1, 2025. He currently heads the Semiconductor Manufacturing Optics (SMO) strategic business unit.

In addition, the supervisory board has extended the contracts of Susan-Stefanie Breitkopf and Sven Hermann by five years until 2030. Both were appointed members of the executive board in 2022—Breitkopf as chief transformation officer of the Zeiss Group, and Hermann for the Zeiss Consumer Markets segment.