IRS Group
Norbert Dohmen
Group CEO
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Norbert Dohmen
Norbert Dohmen is CEO of the IRS Group and, together with Frank Gerardy, responsible for the management of IRS Karosserie & Lack GmbH and IRS Schadenzentrum GmbH.
He has more than 25 years of experience in the international automotive business, with a special focus on the automotive aftermarket. He started his career at the Institute of Motor Transport of TÜV Rheinland in Cologne.
Before joining the IRS Group, he was Managing Director Automotive of the Eucon Group for about 10 years, most recently also holding the position of CEO in Eucon of North America, where he was in charge of the group’s global business with OEMs and supplier companies.
Before that, he was Managing Director of CoCoNet Services and, between 1997 and 2007, Vice President of TecDoc GmbH, a joint venture of the automotive supply industry.
Norbert Dohmen holds a degree in mechanical engineering, specialising in automotive engineering, from the Technical University of Cologne as well as a degree in business administration from the University of Hagen.
Bo B. Jacobsen
CEO International
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Bo Jacobsen
Bo Jacobson is the CEO international of the Body & Paint Division of the IRS Group.
In addition, he is in charge of the management of pierre.dk. Previously he was CFO of the pierre.dk Group, simultaneously holding the position of Business Development Director Sweden and Germany.
Before starting out in the automotive business, Bo Jacobsen worked as auditor for Ernst & Young, as CFO for the Vital Petfood Group and as auditor for Martinsen and later on for Wrist Ship Supply in Spain.
Bo Jacobson obtained a Master of Business degree from the Aarhus School of Business and holds a diploma in commerce.
Dirk Sonnenschein
Group CFO
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Dirk Sonnenschein
Dirk Sonnenschein is the CFO of the IRS Group and has more than 25 years of experience as managing director, CFO and controller in national and international companies from various industry sectors; he spent more than 10 years of his professional career abroad.
Before joining the IRS Group, he was CFO of d.i.i. Deutsche Invest Immobilien GmbH. Dirk Sonnenschein previously worked for three companies of the thomas Group (building materials industry) as managing director and for the French Lafarge Group in several CFO and controller positions in Germany and abroad for 13 years. He started his career as a trainee of the junior executive team of Mercedes Benz AG in Stuttgart.
Dirk Sonnenschein holds a degree in industrial engineering from the Technical University of Darmstadt.
Uwe Artz
COO Smart Repair & Hail Damage
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Uwe Artz
Uwe Artz is COO Smart Repair & Hail of the IRS Group and Managing Director of the two companies belonging to the group Dent Wizard GmbH and Hagelschadencentrum Douteil GmbH.
He has more than 25 years of experience in the national and international automotive market, with a focus on rent a car & automotive aftermarket. He started his management career in 1992 at Autoverleih Bismark in Münsterland, today AVIS Rent a Car.
Before joining the IRS Group, he was Managing Director of Carglass Austria GmbH in Vienna, where he was instrumental in building up the company and paving its way to becoming a market leader. Before that, he was overseeing operations in Central Europe as Regional Director in the B2B Division of Belron International LTD, London. As another career milestone, he was responsible for the B2B business units Germany & Switzerland of Carglass Germany between 2007 and 2010. He started his international career in 2004 as Operations Director and member of the management team of Hertz Rent a Car Switzerland, Zurich.
In addition, Uwe Artz provided consultancy services to various international private equity firms as a business expert, supporting them in finding potential acquisition targets as part of M&A projects.
Frank Gerardy
Managing Director Body & Paint Germany
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Frank Gerardy
Since 01/06/2019, Frank Gerardy has been Managing Director of IRS Karosserie & Lack GmbH and the IRS Schadenzentrum GmbH for the IRS Group, in addition to holding a position as Managing Director of Frank Gerardy GmbH. The Koblenz-based entrepreneur, who has been running and continuously expanding his successful business with head offices in Polch and Koblenz for as many as 17 years, is a qualified master vehicle paint technician himself and possesses the required experience to represent the Department of Customer Relations. Moreover, he serves on various committees and advisory boards in the automotive body and paint industry.
Frank Gerardy has more than 25 years of professional experience as a master vehicle paint technician.