Janis Natzke, EMBA, CPMI

Head of Division Flooring & Compound at Knauf Gips KG

Lotte, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

About

Proven Leader with goal- & performance-driven entrepreneurial mindset, having worked on and led strategic transformations / initiatives, including M&A transactions across 5 continents with a total deal value > 10 billion $. Led post-merger-integrations, performance improvement / restructuring and change programs with positive bottomline impacts p.a. > 25 million $ within multiple different industries. Headed business units and entities with global presences and up to 100 million $ in sales. Recently appointed Managing Director of Accotex, the world's leading supplier of cots and aprons for the textile industry.

Experience

  • Managing Director at Accotex
    Aug 2025 - Present · 11 mos

    Accotex, the world's leading supplier of cots and aprons for the textile industry, is a subsidiary of the Rieter Group. Accotex, based in Muenster, Germany, creates customer value through system expertise, innovative solutions, after-sales excellence and global presence. The leading position of Accotex cots and aprons is based on more than 100 years of elastomer expertise. The products are used primarily in short-and long-staple spinning, rotor and air-jet spinning, and twisting. The Rieter Group employs a global workforce of around 4 800.

  • Head of Division Flooring & Compound at Knauf Gips KG
    Apr 2020 - Jun 2025 · 5 yrs 3 mos

  • Transformation Manager at Vita Nonwovens, Inc., US entity of TWE Group (L&O Group's Nonwovens Division)
    Jul 2019 - Feb 2020 · 8 mos

  • Project Manager - Corporate Development at L&O Group
    Sep 2017 - Jun 2019 · 1 yr 10 mos

  • Project Manager - Analysis & Consulting (Inhouse Consulting) at Knauf Gips KG
    Apr 2015 - Jul 2017 · 2 yrs 4 mos