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Miele

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Public limited companyfounded 1954active for 72 yearsZ. 5 Mollem 480, 1730 Asse, BelgiumKBO/BCE: BE 0403.230.978
Summary

Miele has been active since 1954 and the Belgian Official Gazette contains no insolvency or warning signals. The 2025 annual accounts show equity of €21.9m and a net result of €5.5m. Equity is shrinking by about 5.1% per year across the filed financial years. Its solvency ranks better than 38% of 6,136 sector peers (NACE 46, financial year 2025). The computed 12-month bankruptcy probability is 0.1% (very low).

Directors

Directors
4 directors, no change since 2026

Board 4

Rolf KIHM
Chair of the board · since 09-06-2026 · Director · since 21-04-2023
Current
BERARDO Raffaella
Director · since 21-04-2023
Current
Kristof De Bolle
Director · since 28-03-2025
Current
Nicole Cataldo
Director · since 28-03-2025
Current

Day-to-day management 1

Helen Willems
Managing director · since 01-05-2015
Not recently confirmed

Statutory auditor 1

KPMG Réviseurs d'Entreprises
Company auditor · since 07-05-2010 · permanent representative: Carton Melissa
Current

Other functions 1

Jo Vanderbruggen
Wettelijke vertegenwoordiger · since 01-01-2012
Not recently confirmed
Derived from published Gazette deeds. The KBO keeps the official list of office holders; we do not read it, so the two can differ. See the directors and other office holders in the KBO →

Mandate history

14 people since 2004, 7 in office
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  • Board
  • Day-to-day management
  • Statutory auditor
  • Other function
  • not recently confirmed
  • began earlier
Mandates per person, with start and end dates
Name Functions and periods
Rolf KIHM
  • Director, since before 09-06-2008
  • Chair of the board, from 09-06-2026 to date
BERARDO Raffaella
  • Director, from 03-05-2019 to date
Kristof De Bolle
  • Director, from 28-03-2025 to date
Nicole Cataldo
  • Director, from 28-03-2025 to date
KPMG Réviseurs d'Entreprises
  • Company auditor, from 07-05-2010 to date
Helen Willems
  • Managing director, from 01-05-2015 not ended, last confirmed 02-07-2015
Jo Vanderbruggen
  • Wettelijke vertegenwoordiger, from 01-01-2012 not ended, last confirmed 14-08-2012
Nicolas Zbinden
  • Chair of the board, from 05-05-2017 ended, last mentioned 22-06-2023
  • Director, from 05-05-2017 to 28-03-2025
Rafaella Berardo
  • Director, until 28-03-2025
Thomas Kaufmann
  • Director, from 05-05-2017 to 31-01-2019
Beat Vögele
  • Chair of the board, from 19-02-2004 ended, last mentioned 24-05-2004
  • Director, from 19-02-2004 to 05-05-2017
Jorg Knecht
  • Director, from before 09-06-2008 to 05-05-2017
Luc Oeyen
  • Wettelijke vertegenwoordiger, until 01-01-2012
Bernhard Studer
  • Director, until 19-02-2004
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Owners and capital

Owners

1 owner

Owners 1

According to the 2025 annual accounts of Miele and those of the other companies, the acts in the Belgian Official Gazette and the LEI register. Annual accounts state the shareholders that notified the company under article 7:225 of the Code of Companies and Associations and the parent companies that consolidate it. The register of ultimate beneficial owners (UBO) is not public: who ultimately stands behind a natural person or a foreign parent is not stated here. A company that does not include these statements in its annual accounts, or does not have to, is not listed.

Capital and shareholders

Capital over the years
  1. 22-06-2023 Capital stated in the deed · €1,300,000 · 52,000 shares