The Board of Directors and Executive Committee of dormakaba have received the news of the passing of Chief Financial Officer Christina Johansson with great sadness.
- Christina Johansson, Chief Financial Officer and member of the Executive Committee of dormakaba, has died after a prolonged illness at the age of 59.
- Board of Directors and the Executive Committee honor Christina Johansson as a highly valued colleague and outstanding personality in the successful development of dormakaba as a leading provider of access solutions and extend their deepest heartfelt condolences to her family.
- René Peter, Interim CFO since July 2024, to continue in the role until a successor is found.
Svein Richard Brandtzæg, Chairman of the Board of Directors dormakaba:
“Christina’s death is a great loss for us at dormakaba, both personally and professionally. We are thankful for her immensely valuable contributions to our success, which have made dormakaba a better and stronger company; her legacy will remain a strong building block of our success. We extend our deepest, heartfelt condolences to her family and loved ones and wish them much comfort and strength during this difficult time.”
Till Reuter, CEO dormakaba:
“We are mourning a great leader, person, and colleague. Christina stood for authenticity with a great sense of humor and joy for life. We appreciate her extraordinary expertise and outstanding commitment to dormakaba and our team, always keeping our long-term success in mind. As Chief Financial Officer, she has significantly strengthened our financial position and profitability. Our thoughts are with her family and loved ones, and we extend our heartfelt sympathies during this time of sorrow.”
Christina Johansson has had a long, distinguished career, shaping Finance communities and companies as a manager, executive leader, and board member of stock-listed companies in manufacturing, the service industry, and consulting. Joining dormakaba as Chief Financial Officer in December 2022, she has since then been instrumental in setting up and driving the company’s transformation program to improve its cost base and profitability, enabling a robust foundation for future investments in growth. As part of the program, she launched the global Finance organization with the goal of streamlining structures and processes and improving efficiency, actively building an organization to support the company’s transformation initiatives. Before joining dormakaba, she was CFO of Bilfinger SE (Germany); in addition, from January 2021 to March 2022, she was Interim CEO. Prior to that, she was CFO of Bucher Industries Group and of SR Technics Group (Switzerland).
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About dormakaba Group
dormakaba is a leading global provider in the access solutions market. The company reimagines access by setting industry standards for smart systems and sustainable solutions across the lifecycle of a building. More than 15,000 employees worldwide provide their expertise together with distribution partners to a growing customer base in more than 130 countries. dormakaba supports its customers with a broad, innovative portfolio of integrated access products, solutions and services that easily fit into building ecosystems to create safe, secure and sustainable places where people can move around seamlessly.
dormakaba is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange and is headquartered in Rümlang near Zurich (Switzerland). It generated a turnover of CHF 2.8 billion in financial year 2023/24.
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