08/10/2024 – Personnel matter — auf Deutsch lesen

Dr. Christian Rink is the new CFO of the CHT Group

As of October 1, 2024, Dr. Christian Rink took over the position of global CFO of the CHT Group held by Prof. Dr. Klaus Müller on an interim basis.

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From now on, Dr. Christian Rink (on the left) will form the Management Board together with CEO Eva Baumann. © CHT

 

Dr. Christian Rink is responsible for Finance & Controlling, Information Technology, Digitalization, Compliance Management, and Project Management.

Dr. Rink has gained extensive experience in various functions within the Bosch Group, where he held management positions in Logistics and Finance & Controlling. Among other things, he was Commercial Head Asia Pacific for the Bosch Home Comfort Group in Shanghai, China, and most recently Vice President Finance and Controlling of the Business Unit Electric Solutions which was responsible for building up the Bosch Group's heat pump business.

 Eva Baumann comments: “We are firmly convinced that Dr. Rink will make an important contribution to the future success of the company and the achievement of our goals in this crucial position. On behalf of the entire workforce, I would like to welcome Dr. Christian Rink to the Management Board!”

 “The Management Board has big plans for the future,” Eva Baumann continues and clarifies: “We are facing challenges but promising times of change. As a company owned by two foundations, we have strong backing.

 Nevertheless, we bear a great responsibility for the continued existence of the company and for our employees worldwide. As a manufacturer in the chemical industry, we want to further establish and expand our leading role in the field of sustainability in the future. With Christian Rink, we form an ideal team to realize our ambitious plans.”

 Dr. Christian Rink supplements: “Together with Eva Baumann, our Management team, and the entire workforce, we will continue to expand the CHT Group as a successful and profitable group of companies in the specialty chemicals sector. Prof. Dr. Klaus Müller has shown exemplary commitment and a great sense of responsibility for the CHT Group over the past months as interim CFO. With competence, vision and empathy, he has made a decisive contribution to creating stability and preparing CHT for its future tasks in the best possible way. I would like to express my sincere thanks to him for this.”