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Daniel Hager served as Chief Executive Officer of the Hager Group from 2008 to 2023 and is now Chairman of its Supervisory Board. The independent family-owned company, with 13,000 employees worldwide and revenue of three billion euros, is one of the market’s leading providers of electrical engineering solutions for residential, industrial and commercial buildings. Its core business is electrical distribution, complemented by solutions for cable management, building security and intelligent building management.

Daniel Hager holds senior positions in electrical engineering industry associations in France and Germany. Among other roles, he is a member of the Executive Board of the German Electrical and Digital Industry Association (ZVEI) and was elected President of ZVEI in May 2026. He also holds positions within the French Federation of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Industries (FIEEC).

He also serves as Chairman of the Franco-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry. In his home state of Saarland, he is active as a Saarland Ambassador, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of 1. FC Saarbrücken, and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Peter and Luise Hager Foundation. In 2022, EY named him “Entrepreneur of the Year.”

Daniel Hager began his career with a focus on electrical engineering and renewable energy. After working at Eaton Electrical and wind farm developer Plambeck Neue Energien AG, he joined the family-owned Hager Group in 2003.

He studied at Solvay Business School in Brussels, Paris Nanterre University, and the international business school EAP/ESCP Europe, earning a degree in business administration and a master’s degree in international management.

• Born: 11 September 1974
• 1994-1995: Basic military service, special training as a radio operator
• 1995-1998: Apprenticeship as an industrial electronics technician, specialising in equipment technology
• 1998-2005: Studied industrial engineering, specialising in Electrical Engineering, in Braunschweig, and Economics and Business Administration in Cologne
• 2005: Graduation in Business Administration (M.Sc.)
• 2005-2008: Managing Director Asia, HARTING (HK) Ltd., Hong Kong
• 2008-2015: Board Member of Connectivity & Networks, HARTING Technology Group
• since 2015: Chairman of the Board, HARTING Technology Group

Markus Aschenbrenner has been a member of the Managing Board of Zollner Elektronik AG since January 2019. Between 2014 and 2018, he served as Vice President of Operations at another company.

Aschenbrenner began his career at Zollner in 1992 as Head of Business Development Electronics. From 1999 to 2014, he served as Director of Business Development Electronics.

He studied electrical engineering with a focus on power engineering at OTH Regensburg from 1987 to 1991, graduating with a Diploma.

His career combines extensive experience in business development and operations with many years at Zollner. This background shapes his perspective on the company’s continued development.

Markus Aschenbrenner looks forward to Zollner’s future with optimism: “As Zollner continues to grow, our strength lies in our people and our ability to evolve with our customers. Together, we build on our experience to turn new challenges into lasting progress.”

Achyut Shah joined onsemi in April 2026 as the group president for the Power Solutions Group. Achyut brings more than 25 years of executive leadership and technology experience, with a proven track record of delivering sustained growth and innovation across enterprise data centers, communications, automotive and consumer markets. Most recently, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager at Marvell Technology, where he led multi billion dollar business units spanning processors, connectivity, storage and automotive technologies.

Prior to Marvell, Achyut spent more than two decades at Maxim Integrated, holding a range of leadership roles across analog and mixed signal technologies and end markets. He ultimately led the Data Center and Communications businesses, with responsibility for driving advances in power and optical communication solutions. Throughout his career, Achyut has built and scaled global organizations, driven profitable growth and developed differentiated power, analog, mixed signal and system level solutions in close collaboration with leading OEMs and hyperscaler customers.

Achyut brings deep expertise in power technologies, including high efficiency, high density solutions for data centers and communications infrastructure, as well as advanced automotive and battery management systems. His leadership experience includes successfully integrating acquisitions, aligning R&D investment with customer roadmaps and building high performing teams capable of delivering complex technologies at scale. Achyut’s combination of technical depth, strategic vision and customer focus supports onsemi’s continued execution and growth in power and intelligent system solutions.

Shah holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University and a Master of Business Administration from Santa Clara University.