Kuka
New Chief Financial Officer appointed
At an extraordinary meeting, the Kuka Supervisory Board appointed Alexander Tan as a member of the Executive Board. On July 1, 2021, he took over the position of Chief Financial Officer.
Alexander Tan (50) grew up in the Netherlands and has held various management positions in finance during his career, both in Europe and Asia. He worked for Philips for 14 years, including as CFO in the Automotive Lighting Division. From 2016 to 2018, Tan worked for the Chinese Midea Group as Deputy CFO, most recently as CFO for the Singapore-based supply chain solutions provider GoodPack. As he was already a member of the Kuka Group's Supervisory Board until the end of 2019, he is familiar with the company.
Tan, a Dutch national, succeeds former CFO Andreas Pabst, who will move to Midea's Robotics and Automation division, one of Midea's five divisions, as CFO in July. The Midea Group has been Kuka's main shareholder for four years.
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