Lonza announced the appointment of Fridtjof Helemann, Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) for Lonza, as a member of the Executive Committee (EC), responsible for Human Resources, Communications and Environment, Health and Safety, effective Feb. 1, 2017.

Fridtjof Helemann joined Lonza in June 2016 as CHRO. He has 30 years of experience as an HR executive leader in different industries and was managing partner at Oxford Leadership prior to joining Lonza.

Previously he held roles at Mercer, Henkel and various HR consulting firms. He started his career as Daimler-Benz and holds a degree in Production Engineering and Organization from the University of Siegen, Germany, and is a certified professional coach from the Coaches Training Institute in California, USA.