Bayer Hires Judith Hartmann as CFO in Latest Management Move (1)

Bayer AG appointed Judith Hartmann as chief financial officer from June next year in the latest change to the struggling German company’s management team.

Judith Hartmann

Source: Bayer

Hartmann will replace Wolfgang Nickl, who has been Bayer’s CFO since 2018, the company said in a statement. She joins from private equity firm Sandbrook Capital, where she was an operating partner. Hartmann previously was CFO at French energy group Engie as well as the conglomerate Bertelsmann.

Nickl took on the role of CFO just days before Bayer closed the $63 billion acquisition of farming giant Monsanto Co. in June 2018. That deal ...