Mobotix CEO and CFO Re-Appointed
Expansion of the Executive Board: Thomas Lausten (CEO), Klaus Kiener (CFO) and Phillip Antoniou (CSMO), together with recently announced Christian Cabirol (CTO), will form the new Management Board of Mobotix AG.
The Management Board will focus on further development and innovation at Mobotix based on accelerated business and product strategies which recently increased sales by 27% for the first half of the business year 2022/2023 which ended 31st of March.
Thomas Lausten will continue to lead Mobotix as CEO
On April 20, 2023, the Supervisory Board re-appointed Thomas Lausten as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Mobotix AG for another two years. Thomas Lausten has been leading Mobotix AG since June 15, 2017 and has driven the transformation of Mobotix AG during the past years increasingly focusing on product development and market expansion in especially DACH, Europe and US while re-focusing on APAC markets. The objective during next years will be to increase the speed of product innovation and investments to secure a stronger global presence in selected geographical and vertical markets.
Klaus Kiener has been re-appointed as CFO
The Supervisory Board has also re-appointed Klaus Kiener as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for another two years. Klaus Kiener has worked for Mobotix AG since April 2016 with a strong focus on Finance, Corporate Planning, Investor Relations, Legal/Compliance/Data Protection, Organization, Quality Management, IT Services and Logistics/Customs.
Phillip Antoniou appointed as Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, CSMO
Effective May 1, 2023, Phillip Antoniou joins the Management Board of Mobotix AG as the fourth member in his new position of Chief Sales and Marketing Officer (CSMO). Phillip Antoniou has, during the past years, managed both EMEA markets, APAC and the latest Americas market, giving him detailed knowledge of customer requirements and Mobotix technology. He will in his new role also focus on corporate marketing reflecting customer feedback and securing further increased awareness of Mobotix customer value-oriented solutions and products.
The new Management Board will drive Mobotix's technological- and sales developments based on the original DNA focusing on German quality and Cyber Security. Video technology has grown beyond pure surveillance services. The age of artificial intelligence and deep learning, collecting, aggregating and analyzing data provide many new opportunities for growth not only in security but for customer analysis and production processes. The market potential in video solutions will experience even stronger growth during the next years as value and efficiency will increase by the combination of hardware and AI solutions analysing data directly rather than only observing.
