The Supervisory Board of the Rhenus Neighborhood has appointed Gilles Delarue because the contemporary Chief Monetary Officer (CFO) and member of the Management Board, effective 1 September 2024.
Delarue, for the time being serving as Head of Neighborhood Shareholdings Global and Neighborhood Compliance Officer, brings broad leadership skills internal the Rhenus Neighborhood. He succeeds Egbert Bernsmeister, who is transferring to sister firm SARIA as Chief Monetary Officer underneath the umbrella of the RETHMANN Neighborhood.
With over 15 years of leadership skills at Rhenus Neighborhood, a globally main logistics carrier provider, Gilles Delarue brings a wealth of skills to his contemporary feature as Chief Monetary Officer. He additionally has an intensive administration background from his tenure at SARIA, the effect he has held key positions since 1998. He’ll prevail Egbert Bernsmeister, who became responsible as CFO and Management Board member of Rhenus Neighborhood for more than 13 years and would possibly maybe well now transition to acting CFO at SARIA. As effectively as to his contemporary CFO feature at SARIA, he’ll additionally leverage his skills in utterly different key areas of the RETHMANN Neighborhood, for instance as a future member of the Supervisory Board of Transdev. The two executives are working closely to be particular that a seamless handover. “We are pleased to welcome Gilles Delarue, a highly experienced leader with over 15 years of background internal Rhenus Neighborhood, as our contemporary CFO and member of the Neighborhood Management Board. His global skills and deep figuring out of our firm’s DNA, strategic growth targets, and challenges originate him uniquely licensed. On the the same time, on behalf of the total Rhenus Neighborhood, I’d wish to thank our long-standing Chief Monetary Officer, Egbert Bernsmeister, for his vital contributions to Rhenus winning growth. His dedication has been a motive force within the encourage of our transformation from a European-centered firm to the arena logistics leader we’re as of late”, acknowledged Dr. Marco Schröter, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Rhenus Neighborhood.
In his contemporary feature, Delarue will oversee the Rhenus Neighborhood’s finance division, which contains M&A, Finance, Controlling, Company Pattern, Simply, Compliance, and Insurance protection. Drawing on his broad skills in monetary administration, the contemporary CFO would possibly be particular that the Rhenus Neighborhood maintains monetary steadiness and sustainability. “For virtually two decades, I in actuality procure known Gilles to be a passionate leader and excellent monetary handbook. He’ll be an very just staunch addition to our administration board and successfully translate our growth plot into consistent monetary plans,” acknowledged Tobias Bartz, CEO and Chairman of the Rhenus Neighborhood. “Gilles understands and lives our Rhenus DNA and values, which makes him excellent to his contemporary feature as CFO in a family-owned firm. No longer totally does his contemporary dwelling toughen outcomes but additionally, makes our firm future-proof for generations to attain.”
The designated CFO for the time being holds a number of key administration positions internal the Rhenus Neighborhood, together with Neighborhood Head of Compliance and Head of Neighborhood Shareholdings Global. “I’m pleased to continue the Rhenus long-lasting success yarn as a family-owned organization and to additional propel our ambitious growth trajectory. With the privilege of taking on a sturdy organization from Egbert, I’m assured that together with our exceptionally educated team, we can successfully provide protection to sources for future generations”, acknowledged Gilles Delarue.
Delarue graduated with a level in Change Administration from the Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf in 1997, marking the starting of a well-known 30-365 days career as a monetary educated with main global corporations.
