Wacker Chemie AG announced that Joachim Rauhut, CFO is leaving the company as planned when his contract expires on October 31, 2015. Dr. Tobias Ohler, a WACKER Executive Board member since early 2013, is to take over as CFO on November 1, 2015. The Supervisory Board has extended his contract for another five years.

It was due to expire on December 31, 2015. Effective November 1, 2015, Dr. Christian Hartel is to join the Executive Board. The duration of his contract is three years.

Currently, Hartel is president of WACKER SILICONES. Christian Hartel has been president of WACKER SILICONES since May 2012.