ROSEN Group has announced the appointment of Andreas Opfermann as CEO, effective July 1, 2025, following a decision by the company’s Shareholders’ Committee. Opfermann will succeed interim CEO Erik Cornelissen, who will transition to a newly created role as CCO.
Extensive Industrial Leadership Background
Opfermann brings 18 years of executive leadership experience from the industrial gas and adjacent sectors, primarily gained during his tenure at Linde Group, the world’s largest industrial gas producer. His comprehensive background in global business operations and strategic vision positions him to advance ROSEN’s role as a data-enabled asset integrity services provider.
Andreas Opfermann, New CEO of the ROSEN Group
Throughout his career at Linde, Opfermann held several senior executive positions that demonstrate his broad operational and strategic capabilities. He served as executive vice president Americas, executive vice president global clean energy with focus areas including hydrogen, carbon capture, and digitalisation, chief executive officer of AGA AB, and chief technology officer. Prior to joining Linde, he spent six years at McKinsey & Company, developing his strategic consulting expertise.
His international experience spans multiple regions and markets, including leadership of operations in the Americas, service as CEO of AGA (Linde’s acquired Scandinavian business division), and extensive work across Asia and the Middle East. This global perspective has provided him with deep market and customer understanding, along with a demonstrated track record of accelerating growth through technology leadership, active portfolio management, and operational improvements.
Leadership Transition and Strategic Vision
Opfermann expressed his commitment to building upon ROSEN’s established reputation in technology and service leadership. He noted his long-standing awareness of the company’s unique global team culture and emphasised his intention to work collaboratively with the executive team and broader organisation to shape the company’s future direction.
The new CEO highlighted ROSEN’s strong market position in asset integrity services and expressed confidence in the company’s ability to capitalise on growth opportunities in the sector. His technical expertise and innovative approach are expected to strengthen ROSEN’s technology leadership position within the industry.
Organizational Restructuring
As part of the leadership transition, Cornelissen will assume the newly established chief customer officer role, taking global responsibility for all market-facing activities across ROSEN’s operations. This position was created to operate across all product lines and geographic regions, with the specific objectives of enhancing customer service excellence and accelerating both growth and the deployment of advanced technologies and services.
Cornelissen reflected on his tenure as interim CEO, describing his leadership of ROSEN’s development toward becoming a global benchmark for asset integrity solutions as a privilege. He expressed confidence in the company’s ability to maintain its high-performance culture and capitalise on available growth opportunities under Opfermann’s leadership.
Stakeholder Perspectives
Ulrich Spiesshofer, chairman of the shareholders’ committee, characterised Opfermann as a proven business leader with relevant market experience and deep technology expertise. He emphasised the new CEO’s combination of intercultural sensitivity and track record in driving profitable growth as key qualifications for the role.
Spiesshofer also acknowledged Cornelissen’s contributions during his interim leadership period, expressing gratitude for his strong performance and welcoming his transition to the chief customer officer position, which he described as a key role within Opfermann’s leadership team.
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