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At CFO (Boardroom Media) we track over 1,000,000 startups and over 5,000,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top Germany based CFO’ operating in the Chemical space. If you think a CFO’ is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on [email protected]
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Olaf Klinger
CFO of Symrise
Olaf Klinger is CFO at Symrise.
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About Symrise: Symrise is a global supplier of fragrances, flavorings, cosmetic active ingredients, raw materials and functional ingredients.
Ute Wolf
Chief Financial Officer of Evonik Industries
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About Evonik Industries, Evonik Industries: Evonik is specialty chemical companies.
Bernd Strack
Managing Director and CFO of Capol
Bernd Strack is the managing director and CFO at Capol. He is a former business integration manager at Freudenberg Chemical Specialities and manager at KPMG. Bernd holds a master’s degree in business administration and management.
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About Capol: Capol develops and manufactures coating products, as well as provides coating services for the confectionery industry worldwide.
Jan Teetz
CFO of Tesa
Jan Teetz is a CFO at Tesa.
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About Tesa: Tesa AG manufactures and markets self-adhesive products and system solutions for industry, trade, and consumer sectors worldwide.
Michael Pontzen
CFO of LANXESS
Michael Pontzen was born in Mönchengladbach, Germany, in 1969. After obtaining a degree in business administration (Diplom-Kaufmann) from the Philipps University in Marburg, he started his career as assistant to the Management Board of Ferrostaal AG in Essen, Germany. In 1999, he joined MAN AG as a manager in Investor Relations before moving to EADS (now Airbus) in Munich, Germany, in August 2001, where he was a team leader in Investor Relations. Pontzen joined LANXESS in November 2004 as head of the Investor Relations group function. In October 2008, he became head of Corporate Finance within the Treasury group function. He additionally assumed responsibility for Risk and Cash Management from spring 2009.
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About LANXESS: LANXESS is a specialty chemicals company.
Manfred Bender
Chief Financial Officer of BRAIN
Before joining BRAIN AG, Manfred Bender spent almost 20 years in various senior management positions at Pfeiffer Vacuum Technology AG, a publicly listed company headquartered in Asslar, Germany. For a period of more than three years he acted as the company’s Chief Financial Officer (CFO) prior to assuming the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) from July 2007 to November 2017. In this position, Manfred Bender successfully focused on continuously growing the technology company in regard to sales, EBIT, and market capitalization as well as on establishing PFV as a global player operating international production facilities and maintaining a worldwide sales organization. Manfred Bender holds a degree in Business Administration (Diplom-Betriebswirt) from the University of Applied Sciences in Giessen, Germany, and started his career at Schunk GmbH, likewise based in Giessen. Currently he serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Schunk GmbH and is a member of the Supervisory Board of the Volksbank Heuchelheim eG cooperative bank. Manfred Bender was appointed to the Management Board of BRAIN AG with effect from December 1, 2018 and will take over as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company on January 1, 2019.
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About BRAIN: BRAIN provides biodiversity-based solutions for applications in the chemical, pharmaceutical, cosmetics and food industries.
Stefan Genten
Chief Financial Officer of Altana
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About Altana: Altana is produce specialty chemicals for use in the paint, print, cosmetics, and electronics industries.
Stefan Genten
Chief Financial Officer of Altana
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About Altana: Altana is produce specialty chemicals for use in the paint, print, cosmetics, and electronics industries.
Axel Brinkmann-Hornbogen
Chief Financial Officer of WeylChem
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About WeylChem: WeylChem is a supplier of building blocks and custom manufacturing services.
