As of March 1, 2024, Saori Dubourg will take over as CEO of Greiner; she was most recently a board member at BASF
Vienna/Kremsmünster (OTS) – With effect from March 1, 2024, the Supervisory Board of Greiner AG appointed Saori Dubourg (52) as CEO. The native German was most recently a board member of the listed chemical company BASF from 2017 to the beginning of 2023. Saori Dubourg succeeds Axel Kühner, who left the company at the turn of the year after 15 years.
“We are proud and happy to have gained an excellent manager and strong personality for our group of companies in Saori Dubourg. Saori Dubourg brings a broad and valuable wealth of experience through her international career in the world’s largest chemical company BASF. During the application process, she impressed us with her strong focus on innovation and sustainability as well as her forward-thinking attitude.”
explained Dominik Greiner, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Greiner AG.
“I’m really looking forward to the new role and the creative opportunities that come with the task. The pressure on companies to transform is high. At the same time, I saw the Greiner family business as a pioneer in the areas of sustainability and circular economy. There is great appeal in continuing this course and intensifying it. I am convinced that sustainable economic success can only be achieved with innovative strength and ecological and social responsibility. This also corresponds to Greiner’s value construct, with which I can identify very well.”
explained Saori Dubourg, designated CEO of Greiner AG.
Saori Dubourg (52) studied business administration at the University of Trier and started her career at BASF, the world’s largest chemical company, in 1996. She held operational management positions in Ludwigshafen as well as at locations in the USA, China, Japan and Singapore. In addition to the various operational business areas, she was also responsible for managing the sustainability board. She was a member of the board from 2017 to 2023.
In 2017, she was named Manager of the Year by Manager Magazin and the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), topping the list of the hundred most influential women in German business. In 2021 she was named Manager of the Year by Handelsblatt.
In addition to her management role at BASF, she was a member of the EU Commission’s High Level Industrial group and in this role worked on a vision paper for Europe 2030. She is also a member of the German Federal Government’s Council for Sustainable Development and a member of the steering committee of the Impact Taskforce, which was founded under the British G7 Presidency in 2021.
Dubourg was born in Augsburg in 1971. In addition to her native German, she is fluent in English, French and Japanese. In the coming weeks she will move her center of life from Germany to Austria.
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About Greiner
Greiner, based in Kremsmünster (Austria), is a leading global company for plastic and foam solutions. With the three operating divisions Greiner Packaging, NEVEON and Greiner Bio-One, the company is at home in a wide variety of industrial sectors. Founded in 1868, the group of companies is now one of the leading foam producers and plastics processors for the packaging, furniture, sports and automotive industries, for medical technology and the pharmaceutical sector. Greiner generated sales of 2.33 billion euros in the 2022 financial year and employed over 11,600 people at 120 locations in 34 countries. As of March 1, 2024, the board consists of CEO Saori Dubourg (chairwoman), CFO Hannes Moser (chief financial officer) and COO Manfred Stanek (member of the board). www.greiner.com
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