Bornheim bei Landau in der Pfalz, November 29, 2021.
Antje Kelbert will head Group Communications and assume responsibility for HORNBACH’s Investor Relations department as of December 1, 2021. The 41 year-old will succeed Axel Müller, who is leaving the Group at his own request as of November 30.
“Antje Kelbert is a proven expert in investor relations and financial market communications for MDAX companies across a wide variety of sectors. She also has extensive experience in capital market compliance, sustainability communications, and shareholder engagement. I am delighted to welcome her on board”, declares Karin Dohm, CFO of the HORNBACH Group.
A graduate in business administration who has also successfully completed her MBA, Antje Kelbert will be joining the HORNBACH Group from the investor relations department at KION GROUP AG. She previously worked at Software AG, MTU Aero Engines, and STADA. Thanks to her long professional track record, she has an extensive international network of capital market stakeholders, such as investors, financial analysts and corporate access teams at various brokers.
At HORNBACH, Antje Kelbert will succeed Axel Müller. As Senior Investor Relations Manager, the 57 year-old graduate in economics and qualified journalist has been responsible for the HORNBACH Group’s financial communications since September 2000. Since 2014, he has also headed the Group Communications department, where the Group’s external communications activities are pooled. Axel Müller is leaving the company at his own request as of November 30, 2021 in order to tackle new professional challenges.
“In his two decades at HORNBACH, Axel Müller very successfully accompanied several capital market transactions and changes in the Group’s structure and shaped the Group’s professional and transparent communications with the capital market. In this, he always successfully balanced the interests of the capital market and the company’s shareholders. We would like to thank him for his great personal commitment”, states Karin Dohm.
