Peter Leibinger

Peter Leibinger (born 23 April 1967 in Stuttgart) is a German mechanical engineer and manager.

Leibinger studied mechanical engineering at the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule (RWTH) in Aachen.

When the company reorganised its group management on 1 July 2017, Peter Leibinger was appointed Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

[1][4] In September 2024, Siegfried Russwurm, then president of the Federation of German Industries (BDI), proposed Leibinger as his successor.

Since 2011, he has been the spokesman of the ‘Photonics and Quantum Systems’ programme committee of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research.