Management Board
Uwe Ahrens
Management Board
Mr. Uwe Ahrens is an experienced industrial manager of the Melewar Industrial Group and Managing Director of Melewar Integrated Engineering Sdn Bhd. He is also a member of the board of several other public companies. Mr. Ahrens is Dipl. Wirtsch.-Ing. (MB) with a degree from the Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany. After completing his studies, Mr. Ahrens joined the international machine and plant manufacturer KOCH Transporttechnik GmbH in Germany, which is now part of the FLSmidth Group, where he held managerial positions for 12 years, mainly in Germany, the USA and South East Asia.
In 1997, Mr. Ahrens took over KOCH Southeast Asia in Kuala Lumpur as General Manager and was appointed Managing Director in 1999. He joined the Melewar Group in 2003 and is currently the Technical Director of the Khyra Holding group of companies, responsible for engineering, maintenance, modernization, conversion and expansion of machinery and equipment and their investment decisions.
Mr. Ahrens is a Director of Altech Batteries Ltd (formerly Altech Chemicals Limited) and Altech Chemicals Sdn Bhd. Mr. Ahrens has been a member of the Management Board of Altech Advanced Materials AG since July 18, 2019.
Hansjoerg Plaggemars
Management Board
Mr. Hansjörg Plaggemars is an experienced company manager. From 1990 to 1995 he studied business administration at the University of Bamberg. Mr. Plaggemars has been working as an independent management consultant since June 2017 and as part of projects as a board member of various companies. Until April 2018 he was a member of the board of Delphi Unternehmensberatung AG and before that a member of the board of Deutsche Balaton AG.
Mr Plaggemars is a Director of Altech Batteries Ltd (formerly Altech Chemicals Limited). Mr. Plaggemars has been a member of the Management Board of Altech Advanced Materials AG since 2018.