Klöckner : appoints Guido Kerkhoff to the Management Board as of September 1, 2020 to succeed Gisbert Rühl in May 2021
July 06, 2020 at 09:15 am EDT
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Klöckner & Co SE appoints Guido Kerkhoff to the Management Board as of September 1, 2020 to succeed Gisbert Rühl in May 2021
06-Jul-2020 / 15:09 CET/CEST
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Today, the Supervisory Board of Klöckner & Co SE has appointed Guido Kerkhoff to the Management Board, effective as of September 1, 2020. Guido Kerkhoff shall succeed Gisbert Rühl as Chairman of the Management Board effective as of the close of the Annual General Meeting in May 2021. Gisbert Rühl has been a member of the Management Board since 2006 and was appointed Chairman of the Management Board in 2009. Until he takes over the position of Chairman of the Management Board, Guido Kerkhoff will serve as Vice Chairman of the Management Board.
The decision at this point in time will enable a seamless transition of management responsibilities in close coordination with the current Chairman of the Management Board. With Guido Kerkhoff, the Supervisory Board has won a proven industry expert who is perfectly qualified to lead the company ? supported by its digitalization strategy ? into the next phase. Guido Kerkhoff most recently was Chairman of the Management Board of thyssenkrupp AG.
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Language:
English
Company:
Klöckner & Co SE
Am Silberpalais 1
47057 Duisburg
Germany
Phone:
+49 (0)203 / 307-0
Fax:
+49 (0)203 / 307-5000
E-mail:
info@kloeckner.com
Internet:
www.kloeckner.com
ISIN:
DE000KC01000
WKN:
KC0100
Indices:
SDAX
Listed:
Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
Kloeckner & Co SE is a Germany-based steel and metal distributor and steel service center. The Company's range includes products for building installations, roof and wall construction, and water supply. It processes flat steel products, such as thin sheets and strips as well as thick sheets, and long steel products, including merchant bars, sectional steel, beams, tubes, and hollow sections, such as structural hollow sections, precision tubes, and seamless heavy-wall pipes, stainless steel, and high-grade steel, including sheet, profiles, and tubes, as well as aluminum profiles, sheet, strip, and plates. Its service portfolio comprises coil processing, forming, and manufacturing of pressed parts, computer numerical control (CNC) turning and milling, two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) tube laser cutting, laser and water jet cutting, processing of steel and high-grade structural steel thermal cutting, surface treatment, including shot blasting and primer painting.
KLÖCKNER & CO SE 
