HEIDELBERG APPOINTS NEW CFO

The world’s biggest press manufacturer Heidelberg has appointed its first ever female executive board director, with Tania von der Goltz to become CFO on New Year’s Day. 

She succeeds current CFO Marcus Wassenber, and joins what is a two person executive board, with CEO Dr Ludwin Monz. The supervisory board already has four women on it, including Li Li, chair of Heidelberg’s biggest shareholder, Masterwork.

Monz and von der Goltz are already well acquainted, both having worked together in previous senior roles at Carl Zeiss Meditec. Monz said, "I am very much looking forward to working with Tania von der Goltz. Together we will drive the strategic realignment, financial strengthening and cultural transformation of Heidelberg that we have started."

Tania von der Goltz was most recently with Fresenius Medical Care as senior vice president Global Financial Strategy, responsible for her company's global financial strategy. Among other things, she initiated and led international value creation programmes and, as head of the global acquisitions and investment committee, had a formative influence on the M&A activities of the DAX-listed group.

Commenting on her appointment, Tania von der Goltz said, "I am excited about my new role at Heidelberg, to work with the executive board and employees to help shape the path we have taken towards sustainable value growth. I would like to sincerely thank the supervisory board for its trust."

Heidelberg has been through a major transformation over recent years, slimming down its press range to focus on B1 and B2 sheetfed offset presses. It also supplies a large range of finishing solutions from Stahl, Polar and its Masterworks partner It is a €2bn (A$3.1bn) a year business, which has returned to the black and is seeing a resurgence in orders after some turbulent times.