Dr. Christian Fischer succeeds Uwe Röhhoff as Chairman of the Executive Board of Gerresheimer AG

Dr. Christian Fischer

Dr. Christian Fischer (53) will assume the position of Chairman of the Executive Board of Gerresheimer AG from Uwe Röhrhoff (55) on September 1, 2017, who will leave the company on August 31, 2017. Christian Fischer has already been a full member of the Executive Board since August 1, 2017. Prior to this, he was President of Performance Chemicals at BASF SE in Ludwigshafen, where he worked for 24 years.

"The Supervisory Board thanks Uwe Röhrhoff for his outstanding contribution to Gerresheimer AG. During his 26 years at Gerresheimer, including seven years as Chairman of the Executive Board, he played a decisive role in the strategic focus of the company, as well as in important acquisitions, restructuring of the company's portfolio, and operational initiatives. This has contributed significantly to the current success of Gerresheimer. We wish Uwe Röhrhoff all the best personally and professionally. We have found an excellent successor in Christian Fischer, who brings both extensive leadership and industrial experience. We look forward to continuing Gerresheimer's successful course with him," said Dr. Axel Herberg, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Gerresheimer AG.

Dr. Christian Fischer

Dr. Christian Fischer has been a member of the Executive Board of Gerresheimer AG since August 2017.

He has been with BASF since 1993, starting his career as Laboratory Team Leader and serving as Deputy Division Manager, Global Marketing Director, and Sales Director in various plastics divisions. As Group Vice President, Fine Chemicals Asia Pacific, from 2004 to 2008, he was responsible for marketing and production of products for the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, flavor, animal, and food industries from Hong Kong. From 2008 to 2014, he was responsible as President for BASF SE's global material and system research. As President of Performance Chemicals, he held overall entrepreneurial responsibility for plastic additives, gasoline and lubricant additives, mining, oilfield, water, paper, and leather from 2015 until March 2017.

Christian Fischer holds a diploma in chemistry (University of Regensburg) and has a doctorate in chemistry. Additionally, he is a business economist (VWA Mannheim). In 2014, he was appointed honorary professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM).