IBC SOLAR – The Company

Stefan Schertel

Stefan Schertel has been a member of the Executive Board of IBC SOLAR AG as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since November 2024. The trained banker and graduate in administrative sciences has extensive experience in the financial sector of American publicly traded companies, including Hewlett-Packard, Agilent Technologies, and UTC/Carrier. With his move to the Krannich Solar Group in 2009, Schertel was instrumental in the growth and internationalization of the family-owned group. As CFO, he built and managed various corporate departments such as finance, taxes, and legal affairs. At IBC SOLAR, he will build on this and continue to actively shape the photovoltaic industry. On an international level, Stefan Schertel also served as Managing Director or Board Member of various foreign subsidiaries.

At IBC SOLAR AG, Stefan Schertel is responsible for the Group Finance, Facility & Quality Management, and Legal Affairs. In his role, he is responsible for the coordination and networking of the entire IBC SOLAR Group and aims to further internationalize the company. 

Stefan Horstmann

Stefan Horstmann has been Chief Operations Officer (COO) and a member of the IBC SOLAR AG board of directors since June 2020. As a trained engineer he has gained many years of experience in management positions at an international level in strategic and operational supply chain management as well as in IT. The focus of his IT activities within the heating, ventilation and air-conditioning technology sector focused on ERP software, process design, organizational development and project management.

At IBC SOLAR AG he is responsible for logistics, purchasing, quality assurance, product management, IT, processes and organization. In his role as COO, Stefan Horstmann makes a significant contribution to the internal networking of these business areas of IBC SOLAR AG and continues to position them for the national and international photovoltaic markets in a goal-oriented and successful manner.

Patrik Danz

Patrik Danz completes the IBC SOLAR AG Management Board as Chief Sales Officer (CSO) since 2021. The trained engineer (Technical University) in the field of electrical engineering and economics looks back on many years of international experience in management positions within the lighting technology industry. Core aspects of his activities include in particular the areas of sales & marketing, product management, R&D and quality. 

At IBC SOLAR AG, he is responsible for the company's national and international sales and project units as well as the Marketing and Technical Sales departments. In his role as CSO, Patrik Danz is responsible for the coordination of these areas within the IBC SOLAR Group and contributes to making the sales units even more focused at all levels.

Udo Möhrstedt

A pioneer of the industry

The graduate physicist Udo Möhrstedt has been committed to the development and expansion of photovoltaics for more than 40 years. As one of the pioneers in the solar industry, he formed an engineering office in 1982 from which IBC SOLAR AG emerged.

Udo Möhrstedt is well connected in the industry: He founded the PV symposium in Bad Staffelstein at Banz Abbey in 1986. He represented the interests of the German PV industry as an Executive Board member and board spokesman of the German Solar Industry Federation for six years from 1996. He supported the merger of the solar thermal energy and photovoltaic industry federations into "BSI - German Solar Industry Federation".

Udo Möhrstedt has received multiple awards for his complete dedication - including the "Bavarian Environment Medal". He was awarded the "Entrepreneur of the Year" title from Ernst & Young in 2009 and in 2012 Udo Möhrstedt received the Federal Cross of Merit in 2012 for his long-term and entrepreneurial commitment.