Chief Financial Officer
Bernd Brinker
Roles and responsibilities
- Member of the Executive Board as CFO since October 2023 (appointed until June 2027).
- Strategic oversight and leadership of financial and IT operations across the company.
- Provides guidance to divisional CFOs and ensures alignment with corporate financial objectives.
- Ensures compliance, risk management, and the optimization of financial processes globally.
Functions Corporate Center
- Oversees Corporate Finance.
- Responsible for Corporate Accounting.
- Leads Corporate Treasury.
- Manages Corporate Tax.
- Oversees Customs & Foreign Trade.
- Directs Internal Audit.
- Responsible for Investor Relations.
- Manages Mergers & Acquisitions.
- Leads Information Security.
- Oversees the global IT organization.
- Supervises all divisional CFOs.
Professional history
- 2014-2022: Dormakaba Holding AG | Group CFO
- 2009-2014: Evonik Industries AG | Global Head of Investor Relation, Portfolio management and M&A
- 2001-2006: Degussa AG | Global Head of Finance and Investor
- 1996-2001: SKW Trostberg AG | Global Head of Finance
Education
- Banking apprenticeship, Germany
- Business Administration Degree, University of Cologne, Germany
Comprehensive overview
Bernd Brinker joined the Executive Board as CFO in October 2023 (appointed until June 2027). All divisional CFOs report to him and he is also responsible for Corporate Finance, Corporate Accounting, Corporate Treasury, Corporate Tax, Customs & Foreign Trade, Internal Audit, Investor Relations, Mergers & Acquisitions, Information Security, and the global IT organization.
Bernd Brinker began his career in 1991, working in the finance department of the former VIAG AG. Between 1996 and 2014, he held various management positions, notably in the areas of Treasury, Investor Relations, Portfolio Management and M&A at SKW Trostberg AG, Degussa AG and Evonik Industries AG. In 2014, he assumed his first group CFO position at the then family-owned DORMA Holding GmbH & Co. KGaA, which in the following year merged with Swiss-based Kaba Holding AG to form the publicly traded dormakaba Holding AG. During his tenure as Group CFO at dormakaba, Bernd Brinker oversaw functions including Controlling, Accounting, Treasury, Tax, M&A, Investor Relations, IT and Internal Audit.
Bernd Brinker was born in Rheine, Germany, in January 1965. After completing a banking apprenticeship, he earned a business administration degree at the University of Cologne.
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