Dr Jochen Ruetz

Chief Financial Officer (CFO) & deputy CEO,
Managing Director of GFT Technologies SE

Professional portrait of Jochen Rütz, Member of the Administrative Board, in a modern office setting — Introducing Jochen Rütz, a respected Member of the Administrative Board at GFT. Discover his professional background, contributions to the board, and his role in supporting GFT's governance. Learn more about Jochen Rütz and the Administrative Board on the GFT website.

Biography

Board of Directors

Dr. Jochen Ruetz has been a member of the Board of Directors at GFT Technologies SE since August 2015.

Driving GFT forward since 2003

He served as a Board Member at GFT Technologies AG from 2003 to 2015. He is responsible for finance, IT, human resources, legal, purchasing, audit, investor relations and mergers & acquisitions.

Since August 2015, Dr. Jochen Ruetz has been Chief Financial Officer (CFO) & Managing Director.

Before joining GFT

Before joining GFT in September 2003, Dr. Jochen Ruetz served for three years as Managing Director of STRABAG BRVZ Bau-, Rechen- und Verwaltungszentrum GmbH, which brings together all of the commercial activities of the STRABAG Group. In this position, his responsibilities included group and project management accounting, bookkeeping, information administration, finance, and mergers & acquisitions.

Before this, he was in charge of group management accounting at STRABAG AG. Dr. Jochen Ruetz started his career in corporate development at Deutsche Bank AG in 1993.

Education

Dr. Jochen Ruetz completed a degree in business administration at the University of Regensburg in 1994. He went on to receive his doctorate in 1997 from University of Cologne through a part-time study program.