Stefan Scheiber has held various international management positions at Bühler in East and South Africa, Eastern Europe, and Germany. He joined Bühler in 1986 as a management trainee and was sent on his first international assignment to Nairobi, Kenya. After his studies in St.Gallen, he went to work for Bühler in South Africa. In 1999, he assumed responsibility for Bühler Germany. He returned to Switzerland in 2005 and became a Member of the Executive Board, leading Bühler’s Services & Sales division, and then the company’s global food divisions. In July 2016, he was appointed CEO of the Bühler Group, a position he held for 10 years. In February 2026, he was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bühler Group.
He is also a Member of the Board of Directors of St. Galler Kantonalbank and Chairman of the Board of Bucher Industries AG. Furthermore, he holds positions on the committees of Swissmem and IHK St.Gallen Appenzell.
Stefan Scheiber studied Business Administration at the University of Applied Sciences in St. Gallen and later continued his education at IMD in Lausanne and at Harvard Business School in Boston.
Stefan Scheiber was born in 1965 and is Swiss. He is married and has one son.
