Coperion Management

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Coperion Executive Board

Markus Parzer, President Performance Materials Division

Markus Parzer joined Coperion in 1992. After his apprenticeship as an industrial mechanical he worked as an extruder assembly operator before he studied industrial engineering at the University of Applied Science in Esslingen, Germany. Mr. Parzer served ten years in several leading positions at our production plant in Stuttgart before he took over the responsibility for Order Management in 2014. Since 2015 he has been leading the Extrusion Systems Business Unit and since 2020 the Business Unit Polyolefins. Based in Stuttgart, Germany, Mr. Parzer is President Performance Materials Division and a member of the Executive Board of Coperion since 2021.

Alby Schenk, Chief Financial Officer

Alby Schenk joined Hillenbrand in 2011 as Manager of Internal Audit and has held several management positions within Hillenbrand and Coperion since joining the Company. He served most recently as Vice President of FP&A before being named Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Coperion in 2023. In this role, he has responsibility for finance and accounting. Alby began his career in PricewaterhouseCoopers’ assurance practice. He received a BS in Accounting from the University of Cincinnati and earned his MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

Stefan Rottke, President Aftermarket Sales & Service Division

Stefan Rottke is President of the Aftermarket Sales & Service Division, providing aftermarket services for Coperion's plants and equipment in the various markets. He recently served as Coperion's CFO before leading the Service Division. Stefan joined Coperion in January 2016 from ITT Corporation where he was global CFO and managing Director of  ITT Bornemann Germany. Mr. Rottke spent the vast majority of his career at Royal Philips Electronics where he held several lead finance position in Germany, Singapore, Canada and in the USA. In his last position at Philips in the US he was CFO of the global Computed Tomography and Nuclear Medicine Business. Based in Stuttgart, Germany, he is a member of the Executive Board since 2016.

Sara Albert, Executive Director Human Resources

Sara Albert joined Coperion in 2014 and has since held various positions within the company, most recently serving as Senior Director HR, Performance Materials in the Human Resources department. Her focus has been on implementing transformation projects in personnel and organizational development. She holds a degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Applied Sciences Karlsruhe. Before joining Coperion, she spent many years with HOCHTIEF in the international construction industry, living in Australia and for five years in the Middle East in Qatar. Since 2025, she is a member of the Coperion Executive Board as Executive Director HR.

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