Gurit has appointed Viktor Bernhardt as its new Chief Financial Officer, effective 1 December 2025. He will succeed Javier Perez-Freije, who leaves the company at the end of November. Bernhardt, a German national, has more than 25 years of international finance and leadership experience in multinational corporations, private equity portfolio companies and family-owned businesses.
His background includes corporate transformation, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, and strategic growth. He studied Business Administration at TA Wuppertal in Germany and completed executive education at INSEAD in France. Most recently, he was CFO of KWC Group.
