Hoffmann goes European 

Hoffmann, one of Europe’s leading system partners for quality tools, has become a European Company – Societas Europaea (SE) – effective from 7^th December 2017. As part of the transition and to support its strategic transformation, changes to the board of executive directors have been implemented.

Hoffmann SE’s supervisory board has appointed Annette Stieve to Hoffmann SE’s board of executive directors, effective 1^st January 2018. Ms Stieve will be responsible for finance and general services and joins Hoffmann from French company Faurecia, a leading international automotive supplier where she was managing director of the German subsidiary.

The supervisory board has also appointed Borries Schüler to the board of executive directors. Also effective from 1^st January 2018, he will be responsible for strategic product management and has been with the company since 2002.

Another change sees Siegfried Neher assume responsibility for the new executive board function, human resources (HR) and strategic transformation. Mr Neher has been with Hoffmann since 1997 and has led different areas of responsibility in the past.

“These new appointments to the board of executive directors put us in an ideal position to meet the challenges ahead in light of our strategic objectives,” explained Dr Robert Blackburn, chairman of the board of executive directors and CEO of Hoffmann SE.

“With Annette Stieve we have recruited a strategically minded finance expert with a wealth of international experience and the all-around ability to propel our finance department to new heights. Siegfried Neher and Borries Schüler stand for in-depth knowledge and deep market expertise. They will shape our company’s culture for many years to come.”

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