ST. LOUIS, Feb. 23, 2012
/PRNewswire/ -- Sigma-Aldrich is
pleased to announce the appointment of Jan
Bertsch (age 55) as Executive Vice President and Chief
Financial Officer (CFO) effective March 5,
2012.
Prior to her appointment at Sigma-Aldrich, Ms. Bertsch was
employed by BorgWarner, most recently as Vice President, Controller
and Principal Accounting Officer, having previously served as Vice
President and Treasurer. Prior to her employment with
BorgWarner, Ms. Bertsch served as Senior Vice President, Chief
Information Officer and Treasurer of Chrysler LLC, and in a variety
of finance and operations roles, including international
assignments in China and
Mexico, with Ford Motor
Company. Her experience includes financial reporting,
treasury and capital markets activity, investor relations, M&A,
head of global IT and serving as a strategic partner in the various
businesses she has been affiliated with. During her tenure
with Ford Motor Company, Bertsch served in Shanghai, China as Treasurer for all
China operations for three
years. Ms. Bertsch earned a Masters Degree in Business
Administration from Eastern Michigan
University and a Bachelors Degree with a Finance major from
Wayne State University. She has served
on numerous corporate advisory boards, university leadership boards
and as a director for many non-profit organizations.
President and CEO Rakesh Sachdev
said, "We are very pleased to be able to add such a talented and
experienced professional as Jan to the Sigma-Aldrich management
team. Her broad background in finance and operations together with
her global experience makes her an ideal addition to our Company as
we continue to enhance our leadership position in the life science
and high technology marketplace. Jan has over three decades of
progressive leadership assignments with an impressive track record
of success, demonstrating strong leadership, innovative thinking
and operational improvement. I'm excited to begin working with Jan
to drive our growth and operational excellence strategies and build
shareholder value."
Kirk Richter, who served as
Interim CFO since November 2010, will
continue as Vice President and Treasurer.
About Sigma-Aldrich: Sigma-Aldrich is a
leading Life Science and High
Technology company whose biochemical, organic chemical
products, kits and services are used in scientific research,
including genomic and proteomic research, biotechnology,
pharmaceutical development, the diagnosis of disease and as key
components in pharmaceutical, diagnostics and high technology
manufacturing. Sigma-Aldrich customers include more than one
million scientists and technologists in life science companies,
university and government institutions, hospitals and
industry. The Company operates in 40 countries and has nearly
9,000 employees whose objective is to provide excellent service
worldwide. Sigma-Aldrich is committed to accelerating
customer success through innovation and leadership in Life
Science, High Technology and
Service. For more information about
Sigma-Aldrich, please visit its website, at
www.sigma-aldrich.com.
SOURCE Sigma-Aldrich