Boehringer names Simone Menne to board, with responsibility for finance

Shareholders of German family-owned pharma major Boehringer Ingelheim have decided to appoint Simone Menne to the firm’s board of managing directors with effect from September 1, 2016.

On this date she will assume responsibility for the corporate board division finance. She succeeds Hubertus von Baumbach who, as previously announced, will become chairman of the board of managing directors on July 1, 2016. He will also continue to be responsible for the corporate board division finance until August 31, 2016.

Christian Boehringer, chairman of the Shareholders' Committee, states: “Ms Simone Menne is a distinguished figure in the field of finance with many years of successful experience in Germany and abroad. Previously, she held strategic and operational responsibility in various roles. She is therefore thoroughly familiar with the key tasks and challenges faced by a multinational corporation based in Germany.”