Materialise NV , a leading provider of additive manufacturing software and of sophisticated 3D printing services, today announced the appointment of Johan Albrecht as chief financial officer effective August 12, 2015.
Mr. Albrecht, age 52, joins Materialise from BARC NV, a global central laboratory that supports the pharmaceutical and biotech industry in the development of new drugs, where he served as CFO between 1989 and 2015, with responsibility for its worldwide financial and business reporting and control systems.
Mr. Albrecht will join Materialise on July 7, 2015 and assume the role of CFO on August 12, 2015, replacing Frederick Merckx, who joined Materialise in 2013 to help the company prepare for its initial public offering. As previously announced, Mr. Merckx notified Materialise in May 2015 of his plan to resign in order to pursue new career opportunities.
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