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The Nordzucker Executive Board
Hartwig Fuchs (1959), Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
Chief Executive Officer Nordzucker AG since 1 February 2010
Responsibilities: corporate human resources, corporate public affairs, corporate communications, corporate legal, corporate business development, corporate internal audit
Experience:
2007-2009
Chairman of the Management Board, Toepfer International, Hamburg
2003-2007
Member of the Management Board, Toepfer International, Hamburg
2001-2003
Executive General Manager cereals and oil seeds, Toepfer International, Hamburg
1996-2001
Joint CEO / Chief Trader, Toepfer International Asia, Singapore
1988-1996
Various management posts with Toepfer International in Hamburg, Bombay and Singapore
1979-1988
Joined and underwent training with Alfred C. Toepfer, first assignments overseas
Axel Aumüller (1957), Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Member of the Nordzucker AG Executive Board since 9 November 2009
Responsibilities: production Central Europe, Northern Europe and Eastern Europe; energy & technical projects; corporate procurement; corporate innovation & technology and sustainable development
Experience:
2009
Managing Director Central Europe and Senior Vice President Production Central Europe
2003-2008
Head of production division, most recently: member of the Executive Board for production / procurement and logistics
1997-2003
Plant manager, Uelzen sugar factory
1983-1997
Leading technical positions in Zuckerverbund Nord AG (since 1998: Nordzucker AG)
Mats Liljestam (1959), Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)
Member of the Nordzucker AG Executive Board since 23 June 2009
Responsibilities: Marketing and sales
Experience:
1993-2009
Various management positions, Sockerbolaget Danisco Sugar, most recently Executive Vice President Marketing & Sales
1988-1993
Executive Vice President Finance, SCA Emballage
1984-1988
Controller, SCA Packaging
Dr. Michael Noth (1962), Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Member of the Nordzucker AG Executive Board since 16 August 2009
Responsibilities: Corporate finance, controlling, tax, corporate financing & cash management; corporate insurance, risk and crisis management, corporate IT
Experience:
2000-2009
Various management positions within the Benteler Group, most recently head of finance and accounts
1997-2000
Head of financial control, lighting division, Hella KG
1995-1997
In-house consultant/financial controller, Varta AG
1990-1995
Consultant, McKinsey & Company
Dr. Niels Pörksen (1963), Chief Agricultural Officer (CAO)
Member of the Nordzucker AG Executive Board since 1 October 2009
Responsibilities: beet procurement Central Europe, Northern Europe and Eastern Europe; corporate beet supply strategy
Experience:
1992-2009
Various management positions, BASF, most recently head of Global Strategic Marketing - Fungicides
1989-1991
Lecturing activities, agricultural vocational college for agricultural-technical assisstants
1988-1992
Scientific assistant, University of Kiel
2003-2007
President (2005-2007), Chairman (2003-2005),German Agricultural Industry Association
