{"id":1762,"date":"2017-09-19T08:59:17","date_gmt":"2017-09-19T06:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.packaging-journal.de\/christian-fischer-neuer-vorstandsvorsitzender-bei-gerresheimer\/"},"modified":"2018-06-26T10:45:30","modified_gmt":"2018-06-26T08:45:30","slug":"christian-fischer-new-chairman-of-the-management-board-at-gerresheimer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/christian-fischer-neuer-vorstandsvorsitzender-bei-gerresheimer\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr Christian Fischer is the new CEO of Gerresheimer AG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There has been a change in the chairmanship of the Management Board of D\u00fcsseldorf-based Gerresheimer AG. Dr Christian Fischer has headed the board since 1 September. The 53-year-old took over from Uwe R\u00f6hrhoff, two years his senior, who has left the company.<\/p>\n<p>D\u00fcsseldorf-based Gerresheimer AG has appointed a new <strong>Chief Executive Officer<\/strong>. Dr Christian Fischer took over from Uwe R\u00f6hrhoff on 1 September. Since 1 August, the 53-year-old Dr Fischer has been a full member of the Executive Board of the company, which manufactures speciality products from <strong>Glass<\/strong> and <strong>Plastic<\/strong> for the <strong>Pharmaceuticals<\/strong>- and <strong>Healthcare<\/strong>-industry.<\/p>\n<p>The 55-year-old <strong>Uwe R\u00f6hrhoff<\/strong> was Chairman of the Management Board for seven years and an employee of Gerresheimer AG for a total of 26 years. He has now left the company. The Supervisory Board recognised his \u201eoutstanding performance\u201c for the company in the strategic realignment of the company portfolio and in the operating business.<\/p><div class=\"packa-in-post-alle\" style=\"text-align: center;\" id=\"packa-629370834\"><div id=\"packa-1327709790\"><a data-no-instant=\"1\" href=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/en\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener\" class=\"a2t-link\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"PJ Self-promotion English 03\"><!--noptimize--><img src=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png\" alt=\"\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03.png 840w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-300x75.png 300w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-768x192.png 768w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-18x5.png 18w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-332x83.png 332w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-664x166.png 664w, https:\/\/packaging-journal.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PJ-Eigenwerbung-English-03-688x172.png 688w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" width=\"840\" height=\"210\"  style=\" max-width: 100%; height: auto;\" \/><!--\/noptimize--><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<p>According to the Supervisory Board, the new CEO has many years of management and industrial experience that qualify him for the new role. Before joining Gerresheimer AG, the new CEO was most recently President of the Performance Chemicals Division at BASF SE in Ludwigshafen, where he had worked since 1993. Dr Christian Fischer is a graduate chemist and business economist. He was appointed Honorary Professor at the Technical University of Munich in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer <strong>Rainer Beaujean<\/strong> and <strong>Andreas Sch\u00fctte<\/strong> for the \u201ePlastics and Devices\u201c division to the Gerresheimer Management Board.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"There has been a change in the chairmanship of the Management Board of D\u00fcsseldorf-based Gerresheimer AG. Dr Christian Fischer has headed the board since 1 September. 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