Rolf Wetzel Email Address

Group Chief Financial Officer

Heraeus, the technology group headquartered in Hanau, Germany, is a leading international family-owned company formed in 1851

After joining Heraeus in 2011 as Head of Corporate Controlling, Strategy and M&A, Rolf took over the responsibility as Group CFO of Heraeus in 2014. Heraeus is an international technology group with more than 13,000 employees worldwide and more than 110 legal entities in 38 countries. Rolf previously worked three years as CFO of Saltigo GmbH, a subsidiary of Lanxess AG, a leading European chemical company. Before joining Saltigo he was responsible as Head of Restructuring and M&A for controlling the Lanxess AG restructuring program and supporting several M&A transactions. Before joining Lanxess, Rolf worked as a project leader at The Boston Consulting Group advising leading companies on restructuring, growth strategy and M&A activities. He started his career as plant controller at ABB AG in the Düsseldorf area. Rolf graduated from the European School of Management EAP / ESCP studying one year each in Oxford, Madrid and Paris. He holds a bachelor from the University of Augsburg. Before studying he did a two-years apprenticeship at Bankhaus Lampe, a leading merchant bank in Germany.