At a meeting on 16 June 2023, the Supervisory Board of Salzgitter AG appointed Ms Birgit Potrafki (52) as a new member of the Executive Board. She will join the Board on 1 February 2024 and take up the position of CFO on 1 April 2024. She succeeds Burkhard Becker (63), who will leave the company by agreement to retire on 31 March 2024. The period spent working in parallel will ensure a seamless transition.
Ms Birgit Potrafki has held numerous management roles at the Bosch Group over the years. Among other posts, she was responsible for the international windscreen wiper business and was a member of the Electrical Drives divisional board. Since 2021, she has held the post of Executive Vice President Finance and Administration at Robert Bosch GmbH, Division Cross-Domain Computing Solutions, and has served as a member of the divisional board. Ms Potrafki has a degree in economics and graduated from the Leibniz University Hanover in 1997.
Heinz-Gerhard Wente, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, commented on the new appointment: “With Ms Potrafki, we have gained a proven leader. She joins the Salzgitter Group at a time that is characterised by our new orientation towards the circular economy and the transformation of the industry towards low-CO2 production processes. We believe that she will make a major contribution to the successful future alignment of the Salzgitter Group.”
Mr Wente also went on to thank Burkhard Becker: “Burkhard Becker has been with Salzgitter AG since 2010. During this time, he successfully headed significant areas of the Group and has rendered exceptional service as CFO. In the months ahead, Mr Becker will continue to contribute his knowledge and experience without restriction for the further implementation of our transformation.”
