Anuncio • Oct 21
Voestalpine Ag Announces Executive Changes
Voestalpine AG appointed Carola Richter as Head of the Metal Forming Division with effect from April 1, 2024. The internationally experienced manager will become the first woman to join the six-member Management Board of voestalpine AG. Her term of office will be three years, as is the case with other first-time appointments. Carola Richter succeeds Peter Schwab, who, after ten years on the Management Board, will not be extending his mandate for personal reasons and will conclude his service on March 31, 2024. The Metal Forming Division, with production sites in Europe, North and South America, China, and South Africa, and approximately 12,000 employees, is the voestalpine Group's center of competence for highly refined sections, tubes and precision strip steel products as well as for ready-to-install system components made of pressed, stamped and roll-formed parts. This makes it one of the world's leading suppliers in defined niches, such as the automotive industry with lightweight components, substructures for PV/solar systems in the energy industry, and solutions for the storage technology industry. From April 1, 2024, Carola Richter, an internationally successful manager, will lead the division. Carola Richter, with decades of experience, knows the diverse challenges of the industry-and beyond the borders of Europe. In her previous position, she played a key role in shaping a globally leading company over many years. The Supervisory Board is convinced that Carola Richter will also bring new momentum to the helm of the Metal Forming Division with her competence and experience. I am pleased to welcome her to the Management Board of voestalpine AG and wish her, as well as the entire Metal Forming team, all the best and much success. Wolfgang Eder, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of voestalpine AG Carola Richter has been in manufacturing for more than 20 years with a focus on Asia Carola Richter was last employed in management positions for the chemical company BASF for 20 years, including more than ten years outside Europe. She has acted at both strategic and operational levels and brings experience from various industries such as energy and mobility, but also from the consumer goods industry and the construction segment. During her tenure at BASF, her operational responsibilities included managing the pigments and additive business, as well as the global superabsorbents business. As part of her corporate role, she was responsible for the profitability evaluation of investments and the strategic optimization of BASF's value chains. Since 2019, she served as the Regional President overseeing the Asia/Pacific growth region, based in Hong Kong, and most recently in Singapore. In addition to her operational responsibility for the local companies and production sites in the region, her work also focused on sustainability transformation, talent management, and strategic customer relations in the Asia region.