Michael Mertin

Since May 2025, Michael Mertin has been CEO of AT&S AG. Michael Mertin studied physics at RWTH Aachen and subsequently earned a PhD in laser material processing and surface technology at the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (FHG-ILT). Following a ten-year career at Carl Zeiss, Dr. Mertin joined JENOPTIK AG as CTO/COO and served as CEO from July 2007 until 2017. Until today, he has been active as an independent consultant at Dr.-Ing. Michael Mertin Management Consulting focusing on private equity and M&A, and carried out numerous acquisition and divestment projects. Furthermore, Mertin was President of the European technology platform Photonics 21, which designs the high-tech agenda of the EU in cooperation with the European Commission. He was also Chairman of the University Council of the Illmenau University of Technology and is an advisory board member of HDI Insurance Group and Deutsche Bank AG.