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Evotec announces change in Management
Hamburg, Germany, 26 February 2025:
Evotec SE (Frankfurt Stock Exchange: EVT, MDAX/TecDAX, ISIN: DE0005664809;
NASDAQ: EVO) today announced that its Chief Financial Officer, Laetitia Rouxel, will step down from her role of Chief Financial Officer
effective 28 February 2025 and leave the Company effective 31 March 2025 to pursue other opportunities. Laetitia Rouxel joined
Evotec in April 2023 as Chief Financial Officer and member of the Management Board of Evotec. Paul Hitchin has been appointed by
the Supervisory Board to succeed Laetitia Rouxel, effective 1 March 2025. Paul has over 20 years of experience in various finance
leadership positions, most recently as CFO of Mediq where he was responsible for all financial activities of the company including responsibility
for IT & M&A. During Paul's time with Mediq he led programs to significantly grow the business whilst driving a transformation
agenda to improve profitability and efficiency. Prior to Mediq, Paul spent 13 years with General Electric in a number of CFO positions
including 5 years with GE Healthcare. Paul holds a BA in Economics and French from Keele University and is a Chartered Management Accountant
with CIMA. Paul's extensive financial expertise and broad experience with transformation will be instrumental for Evotec as we accelerate
our new strategic journey towards profitable and sustainable growth.
Prof. Dr Iris L w-Friedrich,
Chairwoman of the Supervisory Board of Evotec, said: "On behalf of Evotec's Supervisory Board, I would like
to sincerely thank Laetitia for her many contributions and her dedication to Evotec over the past two years. Laetitia's leadership
during the recent challenging times has been crucial and we are very grateful for her commitment. We wish her all the very best for her
At the same time, we are pleased to welcome Paul Hitchin as Evotec's
new Chief Financial Officer. His deep financial expertise and his extensive experience with transformation will be essential for Evotec
at this important juncture on the path to profitable and sustainable growth."
Laetitia Rouxel, Chief Financial Officer of Evotec SE commented:
"I am grateful to have worked alongside such talented Evotec colleagues. I want to extend my heartfelt gratitude to everyone
for their dedication, and especially to the teams I had the privilege of leading.
I firmly believe that with bold, courageous leadership and collective determination, Evotec will achieve the success it deserves."
Paul Hitchin, designated Chief Financial
Officer of Evotec SE, commented: "I am very excited to join the talented and passionate Evotec team at this pivotal time
of its journey. I look forward to building on the work the team has done so far to accelerate the path to sustainable and profitable growth
Dr Christian Wojczewski, Chief Executive
Officer of Evotec, added: "On behalf of the Management Board, I would like to thank Laetitia for her leadership,
her collaborative and constructive team spirit and her positive impact on achieving our 2024 financial goals, including a significant
improvement of liquidity in Q4. It has been a pleasure to work with her these past eight months and I wish her all the very best. I am
very happy to welcome Paul to the team and look forward to shaping the next chapter of Evotec's journey together."
Evotec is a life science company with a unique business model that
delivers on its mission to discover and develop highly effective therapeutics and make them available to the patients. The Company's
multimodality platform comprises a unique combination of innovative technologies, data and science for the discovery, development, and
production of first-in-class and best-in-class pharmaceutical products. Evotec provides high value pipeline co-creating partnerships
and solutions to all Top 20 Pharma and over 800 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, as well as other healthcare stakeholders.
Evotec has strategic activities in a broad range of currently underserved therapeutic areas, including e.g. neurology, oncology, as well
as metabolic and infectious diseases. Within these areas of expertise, Evotec aims to create the world-leading co-owned pipeline for
innovative therapeutics and has to-date established a portfolio of more than 120 proprietary and co-owned R&D projects from early
discovery to clinical development. Evotec operates globally close to 5,000 highly qualified people. The Company's sites in Europe
and the USA offer highly synergistic technologies and services and operate as complementary clusters of excellence. For additional information
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