Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2017 Winners Edition

GERMANY Finance Monthly CFO Awards 2017 18 www.finance-monthly.com About Christopher Hoffman Christopher Hoffmann was Chief Financial Officer of va-Q-tec AG from 2013 to 2017. In this function he oversaw the finance function, IR, IT, purchasing and international subsidiaries. His focus was on scaling the organization and its processes to enable further growth of va-Q-tec’s technology platform across industries and regions, as well as driving the strategic evolution of the company. In 2016, he led va-Q-tec’s successful IPO on the Prime Standard of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. Since July 2017, in his role as executive board member for international business development, he is driving the Group’s global extension, especially in the United States, the UK and Switzerland. Prior to joining va-Q-tec in 2013, Christopher was a Principal at Zouk Capital in London where he made several growth equity investments in the European technology space. Christopher started his professional career at McKinsey with a focus on logistics, automotive and industrials, based both in Germany and the US. Christopher holds degrees in political science from Freie Universität Berlin and SciencesPo Paris, as well as an MBA from Columbia Business School. Firm Profile va-Q-tec is a leading provider of highly efficient tech products and solutions in the field of thermal insulation and cold chain logistics. The company manufactures and sells innovative, thin vacuum insulation panels (“VIPs”) and phase change materials (“PCMs”) for reliable and energy efficient temperature control and insulation. va-Q-tec also integrates VIPs and PCMs into passive thermal packaging solutions (containers and boxes), which offer constant temperature conditions for up to 200 hours for the pharma and biotech industry. va-Q-tec´s all-season solutions ranging from one-way shippers to air freight containers prevent any temperature excursions even at most challenging ambient conditions. Within its rental services business, the company has built a global partner network to provide for an extensive fleet of containers and boxes fulfilling highly demanding thermal protection standards in temperature sensitive supply chains. Besides Healthcare & Logistics, va-Q-tec addresses additional markets such as Appliances & Food, Technics & Industry, Building and Mobility. The strongly growing Company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Würzburg. va-Q-tec has won multiple national and international awards for its advanced energy efficiency and storage solutions as well as for its business model innovations. Areas of Expertise • Financial management • Growth finance • Accounting, FP&A, Controlling • Investor relations • International business development • Growth strategy • IT management • Purchasing • Logistics, automotive and industrials CFO of va-Q-tec AG Christopher Hoffmann Areas of Expertise Christopher Hoffmann va-Q-tec AG Alfred-Nobel-Straße 33 D-97080 Würzburg Tel.: +49 931 35942 – 0 Web: www.va-Q-tec.com Email: c.hoffmann@va-Q-tec.com