Paul Schockmel, CEO;
Credit: IEE
IEE, a global manufacturer and supplier of advanced sensing solutions headquartered in the Automobility Campus in Bissen (Luxembourg), has announced the appointment of Paul Schockmel as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO).
On Friday 18 March 2021, Michel Witte, CEO and President of IEE, officially stepped down from his position and left the task of steering the company to Paul Schockmel, former Vice President of Strategy, Innovation and Marketing.
As the founder of the company, Michel Witte has been an instrumental figure in IEE’s history, driving the company from a small Luxembourgish start-up to a global business success, making it a reputed and essential player in the automotive sensing industry. Over the past 30 years, IEE has pioneered occupant detection, capacitive sensing in vehicle interior with products such as BodySense and Hands Off Detection (HOD), witnessed a large scale industrialisation of printed electronics and released VitaSense Child Presence Detection, among others, under his leadership.
The new CEO, Paul Schockmel, will also exercise the functions of Director of the Board and Member of the Executive Committee of the IEE Group. Since joining IEE S.A. in 1995 as a Sales Engineer, Mr Schockmel has held many key positions. He also acted as the CEO of the European Association of Automotive Suppliers (CLEPA), developing a strong international network throughout the automotive industry, as well as founding the Luxembourgish Association of Automotive Suppliers (ILEA) and co-founding the Luxembourg Automotive Components cluster.
“We welcome Mr. Schockmel in his new position and responsibility and we will do everything necessary to support him in achieving his goals for the company,” commented Sheng Wang, Chairman of the Board of Directors at IEE. “We trust that Mr. Schockmel has all the abilities to successfully lead the management team and the entire IEE staff throughout current and upcoming market challenges and to make the company fit for the future”.
As a sign of respect and recognition, IEE’s Shareholders and the Board gave outgoing CEO Michel Witte the title of Honorary President of the IEE Group.
