Optima
Jan Glass is responsible for finances
Jens Glass is the new CFO at Optima. He succeeds Dr. Jürgen Kuske.
Jens Glass stepped into the shoes of Dr. Jürgen Kuske as CFO on May 1 and will take over the management of the central departments together with Hans Bühler, the managing partner. Glass has held various management positions at Optima since 2016. The 58-year-old industrial engineer was most recently responsible for Optima Life Science. "We are delighted to have found a worthy successor to Dr. Jürgen Kuske in Jan Glass," says Hans Bühler.
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