TKE Appoints Mueller as CFO

TK Elevator (TKE), headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany, has appointed Philipp Mueller as chief financial officer (CFO), effective October 1. Reporting to CEO Uday Yadav, Mueller will lead the company’s global finance organization with responsibility for business finance, accounting, treasury, financial planning and analysis, audits, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), tax and investor relations. Mueller joins TKE from Oerlikon, a global leader in surface engineering, polymer processing and additive manufacturing. He previously served as Oerlikon group CEO since 2020. In this role, he executed aggressive portfolio optimization programs, realigned the company’s capital allocation framework and expanded market opportunities through successful M&A. With a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Mannheim, Germany, Mueller began his career at GE, where he held multiple leadership positions.