Presently, Annette Rinck occupies the position of President & Chief Executive Officer of Leica MicroSystèmes SAS.

She is also on the board of u-blox AG, Aalberts NV, Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. and u-blox Holding AG and General Manager at Honeywell AG.

In her past career she held the position of Vice President-Strategic Marketing at Eaton Corp. Plc, General Manager at Centralines Ltd. and General Manager at Saia-Burgess Controls AG.

Dr. Rinck received a doctorate from Universität Leipzig and a graduate degree from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.