The Felix Schoeller Group announces its reconfigured management board. Hans-Christoph Gallenkamp was appointed to succeed Dr Bernhard Klofat as the company’s CEO.
Peter Cornelissen has stepped down from his long-standing position as CFO of the Felix Schoeller Group and taken on a new role. He will be concentrating on expanding Winbon Schoeller New Materials (WSNM), the joint venture that was founded last year in China. As such he will play a key role in the Felix Schoeller Group’s overseas strategy. He has been based in Longyou, China, since March 2018.
Guido Hofmeyer, who to date was responsible for the Felix Schoeller Division, succeeds him as the Felix Schoeller Group’s CFO. His position as executive vice-president of the Felix Schoeller Division will be filled at the beginning of next year.
Gerhard Hochstein has been newly elected as executive vice-president of the holding company. He has been with the company since April 2016 as executive vice-president of Schoeller Technocell. As CTO, Gerhard Hochstein is now responsible for engineering, research & development, technical purchasing, energy management, patents and business development.
Stephan Igel, as CSO responsible for sales in the Technocell Division, now also takes on responsibility for raw materials purchasing.
There have been no changes in responsibility for production, with Georg Haggenmüller remaining in post as CMO.
The Felix Schoeller Group is a family business with worldwide operations producing specialty papers.
