The Board of Management of TÜV NORD AG is chaired by Dr Dirk Stenkamp.
TÜV NORD AG is the lead company of TÜV NORD GROUP. The work of the Board of Management is supported by the Management Boards and Managements of the Group companies under the TÜV NORD, DMT ATN and TÜViT brands.
Jürgen Himmelsbach (born in 1968) earned a degree in business administration at the University of the Saarland in Saarbrücken in 1994. After graduating, he took a position as Manager and Head of Auditing at KPMG Deutsche Treuhandgesellschaft, Aktiengesellschaft und Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft in Berlin. He joined the Board of Management staff of the listed Berliner Elektro Holding AG in 1998 and in 2001 joined TÜV NORD AG as its Divisional Director of Finance. Jürgen Himmelsbach is a member of the Financing, Accounting and Taxes Working Group of Schmalenbach-Gesellschaft – Deutsche Gesellschaft für Betriebswirtschaft e.V.
Dr Dirk Stenkamp (born in 1962) earned his Ph.D. in physics in 1994. Following further work in science and professional experience, including as a Board of Management member at Carl Zeiss SMT AG and as a Board of Management member and Chief Operating Officer at centrotherm photovoltaics AG, Blaubeuren, in 2013 Stenkamp joined the Board of Management at TÜV NORD AG.
Dirk Stenkamp has been a visiting professor at Shanghai Maritime University since 2014 and is an appointed member of the Board of Trustees of the Fraunhofer Institute for Ceramic Technologies and Systems IKTS.
Ringo Schmelzer (born in 1976) studied aerospace engineering at Technical University of Berlin and at Arizona State University. From 2004, he held various management positions at Lufthansa Technik AG, most recently as Senior Director Engineering Services. In 2023, he joins the TÜV NORD GROUP and becomes Managing Director of TÜV NORD Systems. On 1 January 2024, he also becomes COO of the Industry Business Unit. On 1 December 2024, he joins the Board of Management of TÜV NORD AG.
