Gordon Riske is a businessperson who has been at the helm of 9 different companies and holds the position of Chief Executive Officer at KION GROUP AG and Member-Executive Board at KION Holding 2 GmbH (a subsidiary of KION GROUP AG), Chairman for Egemin Automation, Inc. and Chairman at Egemin NV. Mr. Riske is also on the board of Atlas Copco AB, Weichai Power Co., Ltd. and American Chamber of Commerce in Germany eV and Member-Executive Board at KION Holding 2 GmbH and Member-Executive Board at The Hertie Foundation.

In the past Mr. Riske held the position of Chairman for Linde (China) Forklift Truck Co. Ltd., Chairman-Management Board at DEUTZ AG, Vice President-Robotic Systems Division at Kuka Welding Systems & Robot Corp., Director at KUKA Schweißanlagen & Roboter GmbH, Electrical Engineer at Devlieg Machine Co., Chief Executive Officer for Still GmbH, Managing Director at KUKA Deutschland GmbH, Chief Executive Officer for KION Group GmbH and Chairman-Management Board at Linde Material Handling GmbH.

He received an MBA from Graduate School of Business Administration Zürich, an undergraduate degree from Lawrence Technological University and an undergraduate degree from Oekreal School of Business.