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Jenoptik appoints new chairman

The Supervisory Board of Jenoptik has appointed Dr Stefan Traeger as future chairman of the company’s Executive Board for a term of three years. Traeger, currently a member of the Management Board of the Swiss Tecan Group, will succeed Dr Michael Mertin and is expected to take over his post in the second quarter of 2017. Traeger will manage the Jenoptik Group together with Hans-Dieter Schumacher, who has been chief financial officer of Jenoptik since April 2015.
December 15, 2016 Read time: 1 min
The Supervisory Board of 79 Jenoptik has appointed Dr Stefan Traeger as future chairman of the company’s Executive Board for a term of three years.

Traeger, currently a member of the Management Board of the Swiss Tecan Group, will succeed Dr Michael Mertin and is expected to take over his post in the second quarter of 2017.

Traeger will manage the Jenoptik Group together with Hans-Dieter Schumacher, who has been chief financial officer of Jenoptik since April 2015.

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