Horst Garbrecht

Horst W. Garbrecht assumed the position of President of the Industrial Division on 1. January 2022. With an engineering background, he most recently for 12 years led the power tool manufacturer Metabowerke GmbH with the well-known Metabo brand in the capacity of CEO. Since 2019, he was concurrently COO Europe of the Japanese parent company Koki Holdings and thus also responsible for the European business of the sister brand HiKOKI. In previous stages of his career, he was Managing Director and COO at the Swedish machine manufacturer Atlas Copco and later at the Hong Kong-Chinese company Techtronic Industries. His professional career as an engineer began at the power tool manufacturer Festool.