Board of Directors

Dr. Dietmar Ley has been the CEO of Basler AG since February 2000. He is responsible for the areas of research and development, the product business, human resources and organizational development. Dietmar Ley joined Basler in 1993 after earning his doctorate in computer vision and was appointed to Basler’s executive management team in 1996. Prior to this, he worked for Philips GmbH, Siemens AG and Alcatel AG. Dietmar Ley also addresses vision technology topics outside of the company: from 2003 to 2018 he was a member of the Management Board of the VDMA’s Machine Vision department - the largest German federation of vision technology companies. Since 2018, he has been a member of the Management Board of the Robotics & Automation department of the VDMA.

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 programme at Infineon Technologies AG.