Management

The management of the BG Hospital Group is elected by the general committee. It oversees the strategic developement of BG Hospitals alongside its business divisions and reports to the executive board and the general committee. Moreover, it coordinates the office of the BG Hospital Group and represents the Group externally. Our management headquartes is based in Berlin.

Reinhard Nieper (CEO)

Reinhard Nieper has served as CEO of the BG Hospital Group since 2016. Previously, he was the CEO of its predecessor organisation from 2011 and was responsible for the reorganisation of the BG Hospitals into a nonprofit corporate group with holding structure. Mr. Nieper, a qualified lawyer, was born in Münster in 1959 and has been working in executive positions for healthcare companies for over 20 years.

Prof. Dr. Paul A. Grützner (CEO Medicine)

Prof. Dr. med. Paul A. Grützner is a specialist in orthopaedics and trauma surgery with a focus on trauma surgery and has been working at the BG Hospital Ludwigshafen since 1996, which he has headed as Medical Director since 2009. He is also a consultant physician to the DGUV and teaches trauma surgery at the Medical Faculty of the Ruprecht-Karls University of Heidelberg. At the BG Hospitals, Mr Grützner is also head of the Medical Board and the Medical Management Committee.

Marius Manke (CFO)

Before joining the management board, Marius Manke was manager of two of the Holding's business divisions – finance and controlling, and infrastructure. Previously he worked as a consultant and in executive positions in different hospital groups for over 15 years, where he gained extensive knowledge of the healthcare sector.

Ingo Thon (CEO HR)

Before joining the management board, Ingo Thon was manager of the Holding’s legal and HR business division. A qualified lawyer, Mr. Thon has been working in the healthcare sector for over ten years.