Achiko AG announced that it has appointed Robert Rieder as Chief Financial Offer, replacing CFO ad interim Ruediger Petrikowski, who has done a phenomenal job driving results and accelerating the transformation since July 2020. Mr. Rieder is a senior finance Executive with over 20 years of experience in working with start-ups and high growth companies including several in the biotech and medtech space. Mr. Rieder has held influential roles in establishing and building finance teams, facilitating fundraising efforts and leading business and operations for domestic and international companies. He has extensive knowledge and experience in financial and cost accounting, budgeting, forecasting, financial planning and analysis within the United States, Europe and Asia. Most recently, he has served as CFO at technology start-up emonitor AG in Zurich, Switzerland (real estate sector). Prior to this, Mr. Rieder held several positions as Director of Finance and Operations, Head of Finance and later Financial Controller - Senior Director at life sciences group Abzena in San Diego, California. Previously, he was the CEO of Rieder Enterprises Ltd. in Hong Kong, China and supported multiple start-ups and SMEs in Silicon Valley at Ecosystem Ventures. He has served as a Senior Auditor at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Basel, Switzerland and San Jose, California. He holds a B.Sc. in Accounting and Finance from the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland FHNW. Mr. Rieder will start as CFO on 1 June 2021 and will initially be supported by Ruediger Petrikowski to ensure a smooth hand-over. In addition, Chief Operating Officer Chris Young will retire on 30 June 2021. Advisory Board member Charles Pan, who is based in Taipei, Taiwan, will support the Company on a full-time basis to oversee the manufacturing and commercialisation operations.