Change of Chief Financial Officer at Carl Zeiss AG

After more than 20 years at ZEISS, the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Carl Zeiss AG, Dr. Christian Müller, has decided not to extend his contract for another term. He has informed the Supervisory Board and will leave the company at his own request on 30 September 2023. “ZEISS continues its dynamic, successful trajectory with significant investments to ensure future viability while having a very stable economic foundation,” says Dr. Michael Bolle, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Carl Zeiss AG. “The Supervisory Board of Carl Zeiss AG regrets Dr. Müller’s decision not to extend his contract as CFO. He has put the finance organization in an excellent position and made an important contribution to the strategic and operational development of ZEISS. We would like to thank him for his outstanding dedication and extremely successful work. We wish him all the best going forward.“

Dr. Müller’s successor as CFO of Carl Zeiss AG has been chosen and will be announced at a later date. Dr. Karl Lamprecht, President and CEO of ZEISS, will take on the CFO’s responsibilities on an interim basis starting 1 October 2023.

Dr. Christian Müller has served as CFO of Carl Zeiss AG in Oberkochen since 2018. Prior to this, starting in 2009, he was CFO and member of the Executive Board of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG in Jena. Dr. Müller joined the ZEISS Group in 2002 as Vice President of Corporate Auditing and Risk Management. In 2006, he transferred to the Medical Technology business group, where he headed the newly created Surgical Ophthalmology strategic business unit with sites in Germany, France and Scotland. He previously served as head of finance for a business unit at Degussa AG in Freising starting in 1999 and was department head for auditing and risk management at VIAG AG in Munich starting in 1997. He began his professional career in 1992 at the auditing firm C&L Deutsche Revision in Frankfurt. Dr. Christian Müller completed his Ph.D. at the University of Frankfurt am Main and holds a degree in business administration.