31.01.2019 • News

Axel Brinkmann-Hornbogen Joins WeylChem as CFO

Axel Brinkmann-Hornbogen joined WeylChem as chief financial officer. Source:...
Axel Brinkmann-Hornbogen joined WeylChem as chief financial officer. Source: WeylChem

Axel Brinkmann-Hornbogen joined WeylChem as chief financial officer on Jan. 28, 2019. He succeeded Ludwig Holle who decided to leave the company.

Brinkmann-Hornbogen holds a master in Finance & Economics from the University of Bremen. His work experience includes 25 years in different roles across companies. In his last role at Chemviron, he functioned as finance director Europe for more than 6 years. Within this position, he was responsible for providing operational and strategic finance counsel, oversaw the accounting of nine legal entities and ten plants, and served as member of the leadership team.

„Axel is an experienced CFO and we are very pleased to win him as a new team member. I am sure that he will add great value to the financial operations at WeylChem International,“ said Uwe Brunk, president of the WeylChem Group.

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