Board of Directors

Dr. Dietmar Ley has been the CEO of Basler AG since February 2000. He is responsible for product development (business management and research and development), human resources, and organizational development. Dietmar Ley joined Basler in 1993 after studying electrical engineering and earning his doctorate in computer vision. He was appointed to the management board in 1996. Prior to that, he worked for Philips, Siemens, and Alcatel. Ley is also involved in the computer vision industry outside of Basler AG: From 2003 to 2018, he was a member of the board of the Industrial Image Processing Division of the German Engineering Federation (VDMA). Since 2018, Ley has been a member of the Executive Board of the Robotics and Automation Association of the VDMA and has chaired it since October 2024.

Hardy Mehl has been a member of the Management Board of Basler AG since January 2014. He is responsible for sales, global marketing, communications and the digital customer journey, operations and investor relations and is also deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Management Board. Hardy Mehl joined Basler AG in 1999 and held various management positions in the company before his appointment to the Management Board. He was responsible for product management, business development and a new business unit. Before Hardy Mehl joined Basler AG, he worked in the petrochemical and minerals industries. He has a commercial professional background with a university degree in commercial studies and an Executive MBA from ESMT.

Ines Brückel has been a member of the management board of Basler AG since January 2025. She is responsible for finance, legal, IT/SAP and administration. Before joining Basler AG, Ines Brückel worked for the auditing company KPMG and held leading positions in the finance departments of large international technology companies. She holds a degree in business administration with a focus on finance, investments and marketing and is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA). Ines has also completed an executive program at Infineon Technologies AG.