Mannheim, 26 January 2024 12:30 CET – In today’s meeting, the Supervisory Board of CropEnergies AG, Mannheim, has decided to appoint Dr Fritz Georg von Graevenitz as Speaker of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of CropEnergies AG with effect as of 1 March 2024.
In addition, his appointment to the Executive Board, which is currently due to expire on 30 September 2024, by five years until 29 September 2029 will be extended. Von Graevenitz was previously acting as Chief Sales Officer (CSO) of CropEnergies AG.
Furthermore, Heike Baumbach will be appointed to the Executive Board also as of 1 March 2024 for a period of three years until 28 February 2027. She will assume the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The current Chief Technical Officer (CTO) of CropEnergies AG, Jürgen Böttcher, will continue to be part of the Executive Board and will, in the future, hold the position of Chief Operating Officer (COO).
The previous Speaker of the Executive Board of CropEnergies AG, Dr Stephan Meeder, will leave the Executive Board of CropEnergies at the end of 29 February 2024 and, as announced in December 2023, will focus on his new role as a member of the Executive Board of Südzucker AG.