Hanns-Peter Knaebel

The Future is now!

Lenzerheide, Graubünden, Switzerland

About

Hanns Peter Knaebel is the CEO of the merged University Hospitals Heidelberg and Mannheim forging one of Germany’s largest University Hospital Networks. In addition, he founded and runs K6 SOLUTIONS SWITZERLAND GmbH. Previously he was the President of the Smart Health Business Unit at ALAT. He held CEO, C-Level and leadership roles in organizations such as Biotronik, Röchling Group, Aesculap AG (a B. Braun company), and Heidelberg University. As CEO, he led these organizations in the smart health field, cardiovascular biomedical research, plastics engineering, surgical instruments & implant manufacturing, and medical technology. He also serves as a professor and was Chairman of the Board at Heidelberg University between 2012 to 2024, Germany's oldest university and a leading research institution. He is an experienced, innovation- and technology-driven CEO dedicated to developing companies in various industries and securing the future of businesses and organizations.

Experience

  • Vorstandsvorsitzende:r at Universitätsklinikum Heidelberg (UKHD)
    Jan 2026 - Present · 7 mos

    Vorstandsvorsitzender / CEO Verbund Universitätsklinika Heidelberg-Mannheim

  • CEO at K6 SOLUTIONS Switzerland GmbH
    Jan 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 7 mos

    Strategy- and Management-Consulting, Investments

  • President Smart Health at Alat
    Jan 2024 - Sep 2025 · 1 yr 9 mos

  • CEO at K6 SOLUTIONS GmbH
    Jul 2022 - Dec 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos

  • CEO at BIOTRONIK
    Oct 2021 - Jan 2022 · 4 mos