After more than 18 years as CEO of the Multivac Group, Hans-Joachim Boekstegers will bow out of the company and hand over the business on 1 January 2020 to his director colleagues, Christian Traumann and Guido Spix. He joined the Multivac Group as CEO on 1 April 2001 and has since played a determining role in driving forward the successful development of the company. Mr Boekstegers was responsible in particular for the systematic expansion of the company’s product portfolio as well as its sales and service network.