MAN: Munich-based truck builder hires new chief financial officer - Group boss encourages employees to go on austerity plans

Created: 2022-01-19Updated: 2022-01-19, 4:38 p.m

On February 1st, the Finn Inka Koljonen will take over the position of Chief Financial Officer of the truck manufacturer MAN SE.

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Inka Koljonen will be the new Chief Financial Officer at MAN.

The Finn should quickly trim the ailing Munich truck manufacturer to yield.

Munich - The Munich truck and bus manufacturer MAN SE has found a new CFO at the supplier SAF-Holland when it was looking for a new one.

Inka Koljonen will take over the post on February 1, which was vacant when Christian Schenk left Skoda, the Traton subsidiary announced on Wednesday.

The 48-year-old Finn had only been with the manufacturer of axles and trailer hitches from Bessenbach near Aschaffenburg for almost a year and a half.

CEO Alexander Geis will temporarily take over your tasks in the finance department, but a successor is being sought.

New MAN boss wants to trim group for profitability

The new MAN CEO, Alexander Vlaskamp, ​​put his new CFO in the mood for austerity measures: “Overall, the company must continue to significantly improve its profitability in order to be able to make the necessary investments in our future.

The finance department plays a central role in this transformation.”

Koljonen, who has a degree in business administration, worked for the Swiss chemical company Clariant and Siemens in Russia before moving to SAF-Holland.