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People in composites: February 2024

This month’s new hires and personnel updates in the composites industry include Gurit, Teijin Ltd. and CRP Technology.

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Gurit announces new CFO, group head of HR

The board of directors of Gurit Holding AG (Wattwil, Switzerland) has appointed Dr. Javier Perez Freije as the company’s new chief financial officer (CFO) and Karen Glauser as the new group head of human resources (HR).

Freije joins from the Mikron Group as of May 1, 2024. He brings experience from Netstal Maschinen AG and Autoneum. Freije is a Spanish citizen and graduated with a Master of Business Administration and Engineering from the University of Siegen (Germany) and a PhD from the University of St. Gallen.

Freije is highly qualified for the CFO position, Gurit notes, thanks to his extensive expertise in finance and his diverse experience in multiple industries. He will take on the function as CFO of Gurit Holding AG from Philippe Wirth, who will leave Gurit at the end of March 2024.

Karen Glauser joined Gurit Holding AG from UPL Ltd. on Feb. 1, 2024. She brings previous experience from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. and F. Hofmann La Roche AG. Glauser is a Swiss and New Zealand citizen and graduated with a Master of Science from HEC (Paris).

Glauser brings considerable knowledge and competence across diverse industries. She is taking on the function as group head of HR from Hannes Haueis, who left Gurit at the end of November 2023.

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