Straumann has appointed Wolf-RĂĽdiger Daetz as chief financial officer and executive vice president of operations of the Straumann Group, effective March 1, 2010.
His appointment is part of the leadership succession plan announced by Straumann in August, which will take effect in April 2010 when the present CFO, Beat Spalinger, will succeed Gilbert Achermann as president and CEO of the Straumann Group. Achermann has been nominated to take over as chairman of the Board of Directors, the position held for the past eight years by Rudolf Maag, who is retiring.
Daetz joins Straumann from the Building Technologies Group of Siemens, where for the past three and a half years he has been CFO of the Fire Detection, Global Solutions, and Products business. In addition to his in-depth financial experience, he has an impressive track record in process management and efficiency optimization and has successfully led sizeable acquisition, integration, relocation, and outsourcing projects on several continents, the company said in a press release.
