Phoenix Group, the German pharmaceutical wholesale and pharmacy retail giant that acquired parts of McKesson’s European business last year, has recruited Carsten Sauerland as its new Chief Financial Officer.
He is currently Chief Executive of HC Trading, a globally operating trading company of HeidelbergCement. Sauerland will take up his new job on 1 May, replacing Lorenz Näger, who took over the mandate on an interim basis in January from Helmut Fischer, who is on sick leave.
“Dr Sauerland is a competent financial expert with extensive experience in Germany and abroad. We look forward to working with him,” said Dr Bernd Scheifele, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the PHOENIX group, adding: “On behalf of the shareholders, the Supervisory Board, and the Executive Board, I would like to thank Dr Näger for the excellent collaboration and wish Mr Fischer all the best for his ongoing recovery.”
The PHOENIX group is now active in 26 countries, including a medical supplies business and the Rowlands Pharmacy chain in the UK.
