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Board of Management

Jens Birgersson

Jens Birgersson

Chief Executive Officer

Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Management of Brenntag SE
  • Nationality: Swedish
  • Year of birth: 1967
  • Place of birth: Skerike, Sweden
Member of the Board of Management since September 1, 2025
Specific expertise
and experience		Jens Birgersson is a dynamic and visionary CEO with a proven track record of driving profitable and sustainable growth. He has three decades of international leadership experience with a proven track record of guiding organizations to success through strategic vision, technology leadership and effective execution. He brings extensive, on-the-ground experience across five continents, including CEO roles in Europe, Australia, and the United States, with over 10 cross-border relocations.
Responsibilities
  • Brenntag Essentials
  • Brenntag Specialties
  • Corporate Board Office
  • Global Human Resources
  • Corporate Planning, Strategy & M&A Brenntag Group
  • Global Communications
  • Global Marketing
  • Internal Audit Brenntag Group
  • QSHE Brenntag Group
  • Sustainability Brenntag Group
Thomas Reisten, CFO Brenntag SE

Thomas Reisten

Chief Financial Officer

Chief Financial Officer and member of the Board of Management of Brenntag SE
  • Nationality: German
  • Year of birth: 1972
  • Place of birth: Düren, Germany
Member of the Board of Management since April 1, 2025
Specific expertise
and experience		Thomas Reisten is an international management executive with in-depth expertise in finance and capital markets and extensive experience in the financial and strategic management of global companies. He possesses strong skills in building efficient organisations, achieving ambitious business goals and implementing cost efficiency programs. His professional career includes management positions in Germany, the UK, Japan, India, Ireland and Romania.
Responsibilities
  • Accounting Brenntag Group and Corporate ICS & Risk Management
  • Controlling
  • Corporate Investor Relations
  • Compliance, Privacy & Data Protection Brenntag Group
  • Digital, Data and Technology
  • Finance Brenntag Group
  • Shared Services Brenntag Group
  • Legal Brenntag Group
  • Tax Brenntag Group
  • Treasury and Insurance Management Brenntag Group
CareerSince April 2025CFO and Member of the Management Board, Brenntag SE, Essen, Germany
2020 – 2024CFO and Executive Director, Member of the Management Board, Vantage Towers AG, Düsseldorf, Germany
1998 – 2020Various positions at Vodafone: including CFO in the UK, India, Ireland and the AMAP region
Education and Training1993 – 1998Business economics (Diploma), University Münster, Germany
Supervisory Board mandates at non-group companies or comparable functionsNone.
By way of a resolution dated December 13, 2022, the Supervisory Board has adopted the following Rules of Procedure:

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