As of January 1st, 2023, Martin Scherrer will become member of the management board of the Siempelkamp Group and will succeed Dr. Martin Stark as CEO of the management board from July 2023, who last led the group successfully. Already in October 2022, Martin Sieringhaus will become the new CFO of the Siempelkamp Group and will succeed the longstanding commercial managing director Elisabeth Bienbeck-Ketelhohn. She will retire from the company in March 2023 after the end of the 2022 financial year and the respective handover. Martin Scherrer joins Siempelkamp from AstenJohnson, a supplier to the paper industry, where he most recently headed the business as President Eurasia.
Martin Scherrer studied economics at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen, Germany. After graduating, he joined Voith Sulzer in Schio, Italy, where he headed the Controlling, Finance and Purchasing departments. After holding various management positions at Voith Paper in Indonesia and Brazil, Martin Scherrer returned to Voith in Germany as Executive Vice President Finance & Controlling for Voith Paper's Fabrics Division. In 2005, he was appointed Senior Vice President EMEA for the Fabrics Division. In 2019, he joined AstenJohnson, where he led the business in Europe and Asia.
Martin Sieringhaus holds a degree in industrial engineering - specializing in controlling and mechanical engineering - and studied at the Technical University in Kaiserslautern. In 1999, he started his career at Voith Turbo as Assistant to the Board of Management and then became Head of Controlling for the Industry Division. In 2006, he then moved to the Paper Division as CFO and Vice President for many years. In 2018, he became CFO and Managing Director of the Voith Turbo Group Division with responsibility for Finance & Controlling, IT & Processes and Procurement.
Siempelkamp group is a system supplier of press lines and complete plants for the wood-based panel industry, metal forming, and the composites and rubber industries.
