EANS-News: ANDRITZ AG: Mark von Laer appointed as new Chief Financial Officer
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Board of Directors (Appointments and Changes)
Graz, Februay 2, 2017. The ANDRITZ AG Supervisory Board appointed Mark von Laer
as new Chief Financial Officer.
As of March 1, 2017, Mark von Laer will be heading the Controlling, Treasury,
Order and Project Financing, Legal, and Compliance group functions. As before,
Wolfgang Leitner, President & CEO of ANDRITZ AG, will be responsible for
Manufacturing, Information Technology, Human Resources, Internal Auditing,
Investor Relations, and Corporate Communications.
Mark von Laer, born in 1969 and holder of an MBA from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical
University in Daytona Beach, USA, was most recently Chief Financial Officer at
Lürssen Werft GmbH & Co KG, Germany. In the course of his professional
career - Mark von Laer has held management positions with financial
responsibility at Kraftanlagen Gruppe in Munich and at Lurgi Group - he has
been able to gather comprehensive know-how and expertise in project business.
The other Executive Board members of ANDRITZ AG remain unchanged. As from
March 1, 2017, the ANDRITZ AG Executive Board will thus consist of five members:
Wolfgang Leitner (President & CEO), Humbert Köfler, Mark von Laer,
Joachim Schönbeck, and Wolfgang Semper.
The Chairman of ANDRITZ AG's Supervisory Board, Christian Nowotny, is very
pleased that "Mark von Laer, a financial manager with a great deal of
international experience in project business, is joining the ANDRITZ AG
Executive Board."
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Press release for download
The press release is available for download at the ANDRITZ web site:
www.andritz.com/news.
The ANDRITZ GROUP
ANDRITZ is a globally leading supplier of plants, equipment, and services for
hydropower stations, the pulp and paper industry, the metalworking and steel
industries, and for solid/liquid separation in the municipal and industrial
sectors. The publicly listed technology Group is headquartered in Graz,
Austria, and has a staff of approximately 25,500 employees. ANDRITZ operates
over 250 sites worldwide.
Further inquiry note:
Dr. Michael Buchbauer
Head of Group Finance, Corporate Communications & Investor Relations
Tel.: +43 316 6902 2979
Fax: +43 316 6902 465
mailto:michael.buchbauer@andritz.com
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company: Andritz AG
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