{"id":21198,"date":"2026-02-26T17:26:40","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/?p=21198"},"modified":"2026-02-26T17:27:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T16:27:10","slug":"dirk-pfortner-appointed-to-the-executive-board-of-bauer-ag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mining-report.de\/english\/blog\/dirk-pfortner-appointed-to-the-executive-board-of-bauer-ag\/","title":{"rendered":"Dirk Pf\u00f6rtner appointed to the Executive Board of BAUER AG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Supervisory Board of BAUER AG has appointed Dirk Pf\u00f6rtner to the Executive Board with effect from 19 February 2026. Together with Dr. Martin Thormann, he will form the leadership team of the internationally operating construction and mechanical engineering company. His position on the Executive Board is temporary and will be limited to the end of the year. In his role as a member of the Executive Board, Dirk Pf\u00f6rtner will be responsible for commercial matters. At the same time, he will remain Commercial Managing Director of BAUER Spezialtiefbau GmbH.<\/p>\n<p>Dirk Pf\u00f6rtner, born in 1972 in B\u00fcdingen, Hesse\/Germany, has been closely associated with the construction industry since the beginning of his professional career. He completed his commercial training at Z\u00fcblin in 1989. He then moved to the company&#8217;s international department and the audit department at the head office. In 2002, he was appointed Commercial Managing Director of Z\u00fcblin International Chile Ltda. In this role, he was responsible, among other things, for the establishment and strategic realignment of the newly founded Z\u00fcblin International GmbH Chile. In 2004, Dirk Pf\u00f6rtner took over as head of auditing at Z\u00fcblin before moving to the subsidiary in Qatar in 2006 as Managing Director and Commercial Division Manager. Since 2008, he has been Managing Director and Commercial Manager of the Chilean Z\u00fcblin subsidiary. From 2016, he was also responsible for commercial management for the South America region within the Strabag Z\u00fcblin organization.<\/p>\n<p>With this appointment, the BAUER Group is strengthening its strategic and operational alignment and gaining an internationally experienced leader with extensive financial and management expertise. Dirk Pf\u00f6rtner will make a significant contribution to advancing the sustainable development of the group.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supervisory Board of BAUER AG has appointed Dirk Pf\u00f6rtner to the Executive Board with effect from 19 February 2026. 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