Susanne Wiegand

Susanne Wiegand, a member of the Advisory Board at Quantum Systems, the DGAP Executive Board and the Volkswagen Supervisory Board, is one of the most influential voices in the German defense industry. At the beginning of the year, she left the armored gearbox manufacturer Renk with a 23% increase in turnover and a record turnover of EUR 1.1 billion. She held management positions in the defense industry for almost 20 years. As an advisor to the German government and the CDU, she is said to have good contacts in politics, and before the Bundestag elections there were rumors that she could become Minister of Defense under Chancellor Friedrich Merz.