Board of Directors

Eckard Heidloff
President & CEO of Wincor Nixdorf AG

Eckard Heidloff began his career in 1983 at Nixdorf Computer AG. After initial posts at Group Accounting and Controlling, he took over as head of these units in 1989. In 1994, at the successor company Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG, he was appointed head of business administration for both the retail solution business and self-service systems for banks.
Both were merged in 1998 in Siemens Nixdorf Retail and Banking Systems GmbH, where Heidloff likewise became head of business administration. Here, he bore primary responsibility for carving the company out of the Siemens Group and seeing it through the transition to ownership by the private equity investors KKR and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners. As Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the newly created Wincor Nixdorf Holding GmbH, he played a decisive part in the company’s future-oriented expansion into a global group – a task that involved ensuring constructive cooperation between investors and management through reliable execution of the holding’s business plan while safeguarding the freedom necessary to shape the company’s business.
In May 2004, Wincor Nixdorf was the first large German private equity company to be floated successfully on the stock exchange, making Heidloff Chief Financial Officer of Wincor Nixdorf AG. In this capacity, he additionally took on the role of Chief Operating Officer with responsibility for worldwide production and logistics. Heidloff was named President and CEO of the company at the Annual General Meeting on January 29, 2007.

Dr. Jürgen Wunram
CFO

Dr. Jürgen Wunram received his doctorate after completing his degree in mathematics at the University of Hamburg. He then worked as a project manager at a large aerospace technology company. In 1992, Dr. Wunram joined a large international consultancy firm, where his main area of responsibility was advising high-tech companies about strategic issues. In 2003 he became manager of one of the company’s regional offices. Since 1993, Dr. Wunram has participated in Wincor Nixdorf’s development through his work in consultancy projects. Dr. Jürgen Wunram was appointed to Wincor Nixdorf AG’s executive board on March 1, 2007, and is responsible for the financial issues.

Stefan Auerbach
Executive Vice President - Banking

Stefan Auerbach began his career at Nixdorf Computer AG in 1983 and held various management posts in Technology, Marketing and Sales. In 1995 he took over as Sales Manager for Banking Systems in Germany. During a year's study period in 1999, he obtained an MBA degree at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since 1999, he has been a member of the Executive Board at Wincor Nixdorf and, in this function, instrumental in positioning and expanding worldwide IT services business. Stefan Auerbach was appointed to the Board of Directors at Wincor Nixdorf AG effective October 1, 2005 where he was initially responsible for the services business. Since February 2006 he has been responsible within the Board of Directors for the banking business.