Change at Arburg
New managing directors in the starting blocks
New faces in the Arburg Management Board: On July 1, 2024, Steffen Kroner will take over the management of the newly created Finance, Controlling, IT and HR Management division. In addition, Gerhard Böhm, Managing Director Sales and After Sales, will retire in the course of the year, and his successor has already been appointed.
There were already changes to the management team at the end of 2023, which led to the implementation of the new "Finance, Controlling, IT and HR Management" division: Renate Keinath, who had been responsible for HR Management as Managing Partner since 2005, retired from operational business at the end of the year and is now a member of the newly created Advisory Board. In addition, Jürgen Boll, Managing Director of Finance, Controlling, IT, retired at the end of 2023.
On July 1, 2024, Steffen Kroner will take up his position as Managing Director Finance, Controlling, IT and Human Resources Management. He was most recently Commercial Director of the Liebherr Tower Crane Division and the Liebherr plant in Biberach.
Gerhard Böhm will then retire as Managing Director Sales and After Sales in the course of this year. His successor has already been appointed and will take up the position of Managing Director by October 1, 2024 at the latest. Gerhard Böhm, who has been responsible for Sales and After Sales as Managing Director since 2016, will be training his successor until then.
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