Dr. Dennis Schulze
Dr. Schulze has served as our Chief Financial Officer and on our board of directors since April 2019. In addition to his responsibilities as Chief Financial Officer, Dr. Schulze is responsible for heading mergers and acquisitions at INNIO.
In his roles, Dr. Schulze oversees global finance, accounting, controlling, treasury, tax, financial reporting, corporate governance, capital structure, and M&A activities. Prior to joining INNIO, Dr. Schulze was the Group Chief Financial Officer and a managing director of H.C. Starck Group, a global market leader in refractory metals and advanced technical ceramics, from December 2016 to April 2019. Prior to H.C. Starck, Dr. Schulze was the Chief Financial Officer at Douglas Holding AG, a leading European omnichannel beauty retailer with operations in 19 countries, from 2013 to 2015. At Douglas Holding AG, Dr. Schulze was responsible for group finance, investor relations, corporate finance, mergers, and acquisitions and change management, and supervised acquisitions, divestments and capital markets initiatives, including IPO readiness and dual-track exit processes. Prior to his tenure at Douglas Holding AG, Dr. Schulze served as a Managing Director at the Carlyle Group, from 1999 to 2012, where he led the firm’s DACH (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) buyout business from 2009 to 2012 and was integral to the management of a multi-billion, European focused fund. During his tenure at the Carlyle Group, Dr. Schulze led and executed acquisitions, carve-outs, and exits across industrial, automotive, healthcare, and consumer sectors, served on portfolio company boards, and worked closely with management teams on strategy, governance, operational improvement, and value creation initiatives. Dr. Schulze began his professional career as an Assistant Professor and Project Manager at the Institut für Revisionswesen at the University of Münster in 1995. Dr. Schulze holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (DiplomKaufmann) and a Doctorate in Business Administration from the University of Münster. We believe Dr. Schulze’s extensive senior financial leadership experience, private equity background and expertise in accounting, financial reporting, corporate finance, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions and governance, together with his proven experience leading value-generation initiatives and operational and strategic transformation programs, as well as overseeing the execution of complex transactions across multinational businesses, make him particularly qualified to serve on our board of directors.
