The Management Team

The managing directors are Georg Denoke (CEO) and Dr. Wolfgang Salzberger (CFO).

Georg Denoke

Georg Denoke is Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of ATON GmbH, Munich, Germany.

Form 2006 to 2016 Georg Denoke served as Member of the Executive Board, Chief Financial Officer and Employment Director of Linde Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, Germany, From 2004 to 2006, he was Member of the Divisional Board of the Gases and Engineering Division of Linde Aktiengesellschaft.

From 2001 to 2004, he was Chief Executive Officer of Apollis AG, an investment corporation of General Atlantic LLC and McKinsey & Company.

From 1986 to 1990 and from 1993 to 2001, Georg Denoke worked for Mannesmann and after the takeover in 2000 for Vodafone Group Plc., including positions as Managing Director of Vodafone Telecommerce and IT and Member of the European Board of Vodafone Group Plc., as Head of Corporate Communication and Investor Relations of Mannesmann AG, and as Head of Group Controlling of Mannesmann AG.

Before this, he studied at the Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University and at the University of Konstanz. He holds degrees in Business Administrations / Computer Science and a masters in Information Science.

Georg Denoke serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of EDAG Engineering Group AG, Arbon, Switzerland. He also has been a member of SGL Carbon SE’s Supervisory Board since 2015 and serves as Deputy Chairman and Chairman of the Audit Committee of SGL Carbon SE, Wiesbaden, Germany.

Wolfgang Salzberger

Since 2021 Wolfgang Salzberger is Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director of ATON GmbH, Munich Germany.

Since 2020 ATON GmbH, Munich.

From 2013 to 2019 Head of Group Tax, Linde AG / Linde plc.

From 2007 to 2013 Head of International Tax, Linde AG.

From 2004 to 2007 BMW AG, Munich.

From 2001 to 2004 Deputy Professor of Business Management and Taxation, University of Essen.

From 2000 to 2010 Professor under contract of Accounting, Free University of Bolzano.

1994 Graduation, University of Mannheim.

From 1990 to 2000 (Senior) Lecturer and research assistant, Universities of Oldenburg, Mannheim and Munich.

From 1984 to 1989 Studies of Business Administration, University of Regensburg.

From 1983 to 1984 Military Service.

1963 born in Reisbach / Vils.