Over the years, Oliver Hermes has been consistently promoting the transformation of the company towards becoming a digital pioneer of the industry. As part of the strategic realignment of the group, the company sped up the internationalisation of the business and made the shift from a component manufacturer into a provider of systems, solutions and services. As a result, the Wilo group has now become a billion euro company.

Oliver Hermes studied economics and majored in East Asian economic studies / China at Gerhard-Mercator University Duisburg and Université d‘Angers in France. Right after starting his career at audit firm KPMG, he passed the exam to become a Certified Public Accountant in New Hampshire in 2001. He subsequently became a partner at KPMG in 2005. The graduate economist is a member of the board of directors of the German Eastern Business Association (OAOEV) and sits on the board of the German Asia-Pacific Business Association (OAV). He has also been the chairman of the board of the German Near and Middle East Association (NUMOV) since summer 2018. Moreover, he is a member of the advisory board of Wickeder Holding and Heitkamp & Thumann Group and a member of the advisory board of Initiativkreis Ruhr. In 2014, Oliver Hermes was awarded the title of “Honorary Citizen of the Ruhr Area“.

In the field of culture, she is engaged as a member of the Advisory Board of the Mozart Society Dortmund, Germany. Evi Hoch completed a Magister Artium (University of Freiburg, Germany) and an Executive Master of Business Administration in International Business (ENPC, Paris, France). She began her career at the Vitra Design Foundation. Later, she worked for thirteen years for KPMG in Germany and Switzerland.