Materialise NV Announces New Chief Financial Officer
April 27 2023 - 6:45AM
Business Wire
Koen Berges to Succeed Johan Albrecht
Materialise NV (NASDAQ: MTLS), a leading provider of additive
manufacturing software and sophisticated 3D printing services,
today announced that Koen Berges has been named the company’s new
chief financial officer effective May 15, 2023. Mr. Berges will
succeed long-time CFO Johan Albrecht, who has decided to leave
Materialise at the end of May to pursue new opportunities.
Fried Vancraen, founder and chief executive officer of
Materialise, commented: “Johan has been instrumental in the growth
of Materialise to where we are today as a publicly traded 3D
printing group. The Board is very grateful to Johan for the many
valuable contributions he made during his eight years as CFO. Johan
has built strong, SOX-compliant financial reporting and control
systems, has enhanced our financial position, and has put in place
tools and measures to help Materialise achieve our goal of
long-term profitable growth.”
Koen Berges brings more than 20 years of experience in financial
leadership positions in various business environments ranging from
large multinational corporations to leading family holdings and to
fast-growing PE-backed IT services companies.
Mr. Berges, 46, most recently served as CFO for Cheops
Technology nv/sa, an industry-leading managed service provider in
secure IT infrastructures and cloud computing, where he was also a
member of the group’s Executive Committee. He started his
professional career at PwC and subsequently also held various
international finance leadership roles at ExxonMobil and investment
group Alcopa. Mr. Berges holds a Master of Science in Business
Engineering, International Management from the University of
Antwerp.
Mr. Vancraen noted, “Koen’s extensive business experience and
financial acumen make him the ideal person to succeed Johan. He has
played a key role in building financial strategies for many years,
including in IT infrastructure companies, an area where Materialise
sees significant growth opportunities with our CO-AM initiative. We
welcome him to the Materialise team and look forward to his
contributions.”
About Materialise
Materialise incorporates three decades of 3D printing experience
into a range of software solutions and 3D printing services, which
together form the backbone of the 3D printing industry.
Materialise’s open and flexible solutions enable players in a wide
variety of industries, including healthcare, automotive, aerospace,
art and design, and consumer goods, to build innovative 3D printing
applications that aim to make the world a better and healthier
place. Headquartered in Belgium, with branches worldwide,
Materialise combines the largest group of software developers in
the industry with one of the largest 3D printing facilities in the
world. For additional information, please visit:
www.materialise.com.
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Kristof Sehmke Kristof.sehmke@materialise.be
www.materialise.com
Harriet Fried LHA Investor Relations 212.838.3777
hfried@lhai.com
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