KBA Appoints CFO to Handle Challenges of the Financial Crisis

Helge Hansen, KBA’s new CFO, is well qualified for his new position, having spent his entire career in finance. After taking his school-leaving certificate Hansen completed an apprenticeship at Commerzbank in his home city of Hamburg. In 1971 he graduated from the University of Hamburg with a degree in business economics. There followed a year expanding his knowledge of international finance on secondment to law firms in London. On his return to Commerzbank Hansen handled export financing as head of department from 1972 to 1980. In 1980 he moved into industry, gaining valuable experience as director of finances and accounting at the Salzgitter group and as managing director of two affiliated companies. From 1988 to 1999 he headed the Feinfocus group, a mid-cap start-up with a number of domestic and foreign plants producing non-destructive radiography testing equipment.