Bayer Hires Judith Hartmann as CFO in Latest Management Move

The headquarters of Bayer AG at Chempark in Leverkusen, Germany, in 2024.Photographer: Alex Kraus/Bloomberg

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.

Hartmann will replace Wolfgang Nickl, who has been Bayer’s CFO since 2018, the company said in a statementBloomberg Terminal. 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.