The annual general meeting of paragon AG held on May 14, 2014, has elected Professor Lutz Eckstein as a new member of the company's Supervisory Board. Following the general meeting, the Supervisory Board, in the first meeting of its new period of office, selected Prof. Eckstein as its new Chairman. With this appointment, he replaces Hans J. Zimmermann, who has resigned for personal reasons.

His successor, Lutz Eckstein, brings many years of professional experience in the automotive industry. Since 2010 he is heading the Institute of Automotive Engineering at RWTH Aachen University, the key current research areas of which notably include electromobility, lightweight design, and networking of driver assistance systems with vehicle control systems.