Rittal / Loh Services
New Chief Financial Officer in the Friedhelm Loh Group
The Friedhelm Loh Group's operating divisions have a new Head of Finance and Administration: Andreas Huck has been the Group's new Managing Director since September 1, 2017.
Huck takes over the management of the Finance and Administration division at Rittal, the largest company in the Friedhelm Loh Group, as well as responsibility as Managing Director of Loh Services. This is where the Group-wide central functions of Controlling, Accounting, Human Resources, IT, Energy, Security and Buildings are bundled. His predecessor Hermann Tetzner retired after five years with the family business.
Before joining the Friedhelm Loh Group, the 48-year-old business graduate worked for automotive supplier Continental. He held various management positions in the areas of finance and controlling there from 1997 to 2017, most recently as Group Financial Director of the ContiTech Conveyor Group business unit. His previous areas of activity included, in particular, the management of various controlling functions in the tire division and corporate business administration as well as the management of Continental Automotive Products SRL in Romania.
After training as a banker, Andreas Huck studied business administration at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen and at the University of California in Berkeley. He comes from Hanover, is married and has one daughter.
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