Appointment within the Saint-Gobain Group

Christian BAKO is appointed Vice-President Marketing & Development.
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Saint-Gobain Group

Date: 5 September 2023

Christian BAKO is appointed Vice-President Marketing & Development.

As such, he joins the Executive Committee, reporting to Anne Hardy, Chief Innovation Officer. In his new position, Christian Bako will play a key role to accelerate growth and foster innovation across the Group, as well as to continue to step up our solutions mindset and actions. He replaces Cordula GUDDUSCHAT who becomes General Manager of Isover and Rigips Germany.

Christian Bako studied International Business Administration in Germany and Spain and started his career at Roto Frank, where he held Sales and General Management roles in Germany, Spain and France. He joined Saint-Gobain in 2017 as Chief Digital Officer of the Glass business in Germany, where he subsequently became General Manager of Glassolutions. In 2020, he was appointed General Manager of a High Performance Solutions business for Germany & Austria before becoming, in 2021, General Manager for Central Europe.

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