Feb 23, 2012. /Lesprom Network/. The Board of Directors of CPH Chemie + Papier Holding AG has appointed Manfred Haner as the new CFO of the CPH Group. He will assume his duties on 1 April, as the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network. Manfred Haner will be able to draw on some 40 years of experience in the finance and controlling sector in his new capacity. He began his career at Sulzer in 1975, and went on to hold various finance and controlling positions there over the next 23 years, culminating in a term as CFO and Deputy CEO of Sulzer International AG. His service with Sulzer also included several years of secondments to New York and Madrid, where he acquired international management experience. He further spent over ten years as CFO and Deputy CEO of Micronas Semiconductor Holding AG, a position he retained until early 2010. Mr. Haner holds a Swiss Federal Diploma as an Accounting & Controlling Specialist. Manfred Haner will join the CPH Group on 1 March and assume his new position as Group CFO on 1 April. He will also become a member of CPH Group Executive Management, reporting directly to Group CEO Dr. Peter Schildknecht. Mr. Haner succeeds Dr. Max Michel, who will be taking on new duties after serving as CPH Group CFO for almost ten years. CPH Chemie + Papier Holding AG is an internationally active industrial group with its headquarters in Switzerland. Its activities include development, production and distribution of chemicals, papers and packaging films.