At its meeting on September 13, 2022, Aurubis AG's Supervisory Board appointed an additional member to the multimetal provider's Executive Board: As Chief Operating Officer Multimetal Recycling, Inge Hofkens (51) will be responsible for the segment's production sites. These include the recycling sites in L-nen (Germany), Olen and Beerse (both in Belgium), Berango (Spain), and the new Aurubis Richmond site in Augusta, Georgia (USA). The Belgian-born Hofkens currently serves as the Managing Director of the Aurubis site in Olen.

An economist by training, she began her career at Metallo-Chimique International in various purchasing and sales positions, before becoming Chief Sales Officer (CSO), and later a member of the management of the former Metallo Group. Discussions regarding a successor to Inge Hofkens' current position as Managing Director of the Aurubis site in Olen will be carried out soon in order to fill the position by the end of the year. Furthermore, the Supervisory Board extended the mandate of COO Dr. Heiko Arnold (56) by another five years.

His contract now runs until August 15, 2028.