Thomas Simmerer takes over sales at Carl Zeiss Meditec

Succeeds Ulrich Krauss as member of the management board with responsibility for sales

Thomas Simmerer has taken over as a member of the management board responsible for sales at Carl Zeiss Meditec in Germany. He succeeds Ulrich Krauss who has transferred to the management board of Carl Zeiss Vision International, a subsidiary of the Carl Zeiss Group.

‘I am looking forward to my new responsibilities and will maintain and expand the successful sales and service structure at Carl Zeiss Meditec in the respective markets,’ said Simmerer.

Simmerer has extensive experience in medical technology. He was in charge of the Microsurgery strategic business unit in Oberkochen from October 2008. Before joining the medical wing of Carl Zeiss, the mechanical engineer led the top-performing business unit, among others, of Dräger Medical in Lübeck from 1996 to 2008. Prior to this, he was responsible for different sales areas at Heraeus in Hanau.

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