Stephan Kühne

T-Shaped Board Member, Advisor & Senior ad interim | Building NED portfolio | Wide Industry & Deep Financial Expertise | Family Businesses & Private Equity | Transformation & Change | Value & Results Driven

Germany

About

Experienced Board Member, Senior Advisor and Executive of complex international businesses with industry-leading knowledge. Acting Chairman, entrepreneurial CFO and Senior ad interim, bringing together the best of an entrepreneurial mindset and financial expert competence. Dedicated T-Shaped Professional with broad C-level experience from different sectors, industries and business models. Extensive executive experience in international publicly listed as well as family and private equity owned companies across multiple industries. Broad financial, growth, transformation, crisis management and leadership track record. Strong technical capabilities in fields like general management, finance, business strategy, merger & acquisitions, corporate governance & compliance, digital transformation, risk management, HR and ESG. In-depth understanding of multinational as well as family and private equity owned corporate context and challenges. Building a portfolio of further non-executive, senior advisory and interim roles, leveraging a 30-year international senior executive career. Supervisory Board Expertise 🎓 Qualified Supervisory Board Member @Deutsche Börse Group 2024 (Qualifizierter Aufsichtsrat) 🎓 Certified independent Board Director, Audit Committee Expert @Deutsche Börse 2024 (Fachaufsichtsrat Financial Expert) Experience-based Board Capital from a wide range of industries and shareholder structures. Supervisory Board Seats (selection of former mandates): ▶️ Basalt-Actien-Gesellschaft, Linz am Rhein, Germany (Chairman) ▶️ ZWILLING J.A. Henckels AG, Solingen, Germany (Deputy Chairman) ▶️ Constantia Aluprint, San Luis Potosi, Mexico ▶️ Constantia Afripack Flexibles, Pinetown, South Africa ▶️ Intersnack Deutschland SE, Köln, Germany ▶️ VGH Versicherungsgruppe, Hannover, Germany

Experience

  • Member of the Board of Management & Chief Financial Officer at Wilh. Werhahn KG
    May 2020 - Jun 2024 · 4 yrs 2 mos

    Chairman of the supervisory board of Construction Materials Division Deputy Chairman of the supervisory board of Consumer Goods Division Member of the supervisory boards of a number of Group companies in financial services and banking Areas of responsibility at Wilh. Werhahn KG: Finance, Tax, Capital Markets, Controlling, Accounting, Treasury, Insurance, Legal Affairs, Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG), Risk, Compliance, Data Security and Corporate Communications

  • Managing Director & Chief Financial Officer at Constantia Flexibles
    Aug 2016 - Dec 2019 · 3 yrs 5 mos

    Member of the supervisory boards of a number of subsidiaries in Europe and abroad Areas of responsibility as MD & CFO: Finance, Capital Markets, Controlling, Accounting, Treasury, Tax, Strategy, M&A, IT, Purchasing

  • Managing Director & Chief Financial Officer at Intersnack Group
    Aug 2011 - Aug 2016 · 5 yrs 1 mo

    Member of the supervisory boards of a number of subsidiaries in Germany and abroad Areas of responsibility as MD & CFO: Finance, Capital Markets, Controlling/Accounting, Treasury, Strategy, M&A, HR, IT, Tax, Legal Affairs, R+D, Purchasing, Governance, Risk & Compliance

  • Member of the Executive Board & Chief Financial Officer at Deutsche Messe AG
    Mar 2002 - Aug 2011 · 9 yrs 6 mos

    Responsible for Corporate Area „International Leading and Specialist Fairs“ incl. P&L-responsibility for various Group companies Member of the supervisory boards of a number of subsidiaries in Germany and abroad Areas of responsibility as CFO: Finance, Controlling, HR & Organization, Legal Affairs, Purchasing, IT

  • CFO and Vice President Kloeckner Pentaplast of America, Inc. at Klöckner Pentaplast
    Jul 1999 - Feb 2002 · 2 yrs 8 mos

    Board member of subsidiaries in USA, Brazil and Argentina Finance, Controlling, International Reporting and Accounting, Investor Relations, Capital Markets, M&A, Administration & IT