Management Board

aleo solar AG is led by an experienced management team with a background in economics and years of experience in the field of renewable energies. Responsibilities are divided as follows:

York zu Putlitz, Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer
York zu Putlitz is Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of aleo solar AG. He combines this function with the role of Chief Financial Officer. Zu Putlitz has worked for the Bosch Group since 1996.
York zu Putlitz studied Business Administration in Mannheim and began his professional career at Allianz AG where he underwent marketing and sales training. As the Executive Assistant to the Sales Director at the insurance company, he was responsible for the former East German states. After five years, the graduate in business administration moved to the Bosch Group in 1996 and initially worked in the corporate auditing department. He then went to Hungary and, as the Commercial Plant Manager, established a Bosch factory for electric tools. Three years later, the native Heidelberger moved to Stuttgart-Feuerbach. In the diesel pump plant there, one of the largest factories of its kind in the world, zu Putlitz worked as Head of Logistics. He was then responsible in the Bosch headquarters for controlling, planning and corporate acquisitions.

Dr. Jens Sabotke, Chief Technical and Development Officer 
Board member Dr Jens Sabotke is responsible for technology and development. He has extensive experience in the capital goods industry and has worked for the Bosch Group since 1988.
The mechanical engineer joined the Bosch Group immediately on completing his studies. His classic Bosch career began at the Blaupunkt plant in Hildesheim, where he initially held the position of Executive Assistant to the Commercial Plant Manager. After almost ten years, in which he rose to become Head of Production Planning at the Hildesheim plant, he moved to Malaysia to become Technical Manager of the Blaupunkt plant in Penang. On returning home to Germany, the Bremen-born production technology specialist managed the Bosch plant producing engine and transmission controls in Salzgitter. Dr Sabotke then moved to Reutlingen to become the Technical Plant Manager in the Automotive Electronics division.

Norbert Schlesiger, Chief Sales Officer 
Board member Norbert Schlesiger is responsible for technology and development. When Schlesiger joined the company at the beginning of 2007, he was initially responsible for sales in Germany. He then became Senior Sales Director and made a considerable contribution to the company’s growth.
Schlesiger has extensive knowledge in the field of renewables. Before joining aleo solar, he was Sales Director for two years at Conergy AG in Hamburg. There his responsibility mainly covered overall sales and worldwide internationalisation, building up and expanding the company’s sales structures in Europe, North and South America and in Asia.
At wind turbine manufacturer Enercon, a worldwide market leader, the graduate in business administration was employed as International Sales Director for more than two years. Prior to that he worked from 1995 onwards for other renowned companies in the wind energy sector, such as Nordex AG and GE Wind Corp., including as Key Account Manager. Born in Wuppertal, Schlesiger studied business administration with a focus on law at Oldenburg University.