Safety
New CFO at Hima Paul Hildebrandt
Tobias Hoche has been the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at Hima Paul Hildebrandt in Brühl, Baden-Württemberg, since September 1, 2018. He succeeds Reinhard Seibold and completes the management team of the family-owned company.
Tobias Hoche completes the management team of safety specialist Hima Paul Hildebrand: alongside Steffen Philipp (Managing Partner) and Sankar Ramakrishnan (CEO), he is now at the helm of the company.
According to Hoche, he has many years of experience in the management and financing of international medium-sized technology companies as well as in the optimization of structures and processes. The 44-year-old industrial engineering graduate and Master of Laws began his professional career in auditing at Deloitte & Touche. In 2007, he took on the role of Head of Accounting and Controlling for the Optoelectronics division at Carl Zeiss, from where he moved to a company in the Carl Zeiss Semiconductor Technology division as Commercial Director in 2010. Following further positions as CFO, he most recently held the position of Managing Director of Finance and Production at the Oeltechnik Group in Waghäusel (Baden-Württemberg).
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