Biography

Dr. Alexander Sagel (*1971) was born in Kronberg/Taunus, Germany.

Dr. Sagel holds a degree in materials science and solid state physics from the Technical University of Berlin and a doctorate degree in materials research, having conducted his doctoral studies at the Technical University of Berlin, the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Ulm. He began his professional career in 1998 at Daimler AG, where he ultimately worked as Executive Assistant to the Executive Vice President Sales & Marketing Mercedes-Benz Trucks. In 2005, Dr. Sagel took over the position of Vice President Innovation Services & Business Development in the Pistons division at Rheinmetall AG, where - after holding positions as Vice President Sales Marketing and Managing Director as well as CEO of the Pistons division - he was appointed CEO of the Hardparts division within the Automotive segment in 2014. In 2018, by taking over as CEO of the Weapon & Ammunition division, he moved to the Defense segment of Rheinmetall AG, where he ultimately took over as CEO of the Electronic Solutions division in April 2023. In 2024, he joined RENK Group AG as Chief Operating Officer (COO). Since February 2025, Dr. Alexander Sagel is the Chief Executive Officer of RENK Group AG.

Alongside his office as Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Sagel is, or has within the last five years been, a member of the administrative, management or supervisory bodies and/or a partner in the following companies and partnerships outside of RENK:

• Currently:
  • None.
• Previously:
  • Chairman of the supervisory board of Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH (2020-2023);
  • Chairman of the administrative board of Nitrochemie AG, Switzerland (2018-2022);
  • Chairman of the administrative board of Rheinmetall Air Defence, Switzerland (2023-2024);
  • Member of the supervisory board of AIM Infrarotmodul GmbH (2023-2024);
  • Member of the supervisory board of Rheinmetall Denel Munitions, South Africa (2018-2023);
  • Chairman of the board of managing directors of Rheinmetall Waffe & Munition GmbH (2019-2023);
  • Chairman of the board of managing directors of Rheinmetall Electronics GmbH (2023-2024).

Other than listed above, Dr. Alexander Sagel has not been a member of any administrative, management or supervisory body of any other company or partnership outside the Group within the last five years.