Technology >> CEO Interviews >> November 10, 2003
LUDGER H. VIEFHUES is Chief Financial Officer and Vice President,
Finance of Mattson Technology, Inc. Mr. Viefhues graduated from the
University of Muenster, Germany, with a degree in business
administration (MBA). After a trainee program in a German bank, he
started his career in 1968 in the VEBA Group, with assignments in
Germany and South Africa in finance, controlling, operations and general
management. From 1989 to 1992, Mr. Viefhues served as the Chief
Financial Officer of MEMC Electronic Materials in St. Louis, Missouri.
In 1993, he was appointed as the Chief Financial Officer of Huels AG and
Chairman of MEMC before returning to MEMC in St. Louis as the Chief
Executive Officer in 1996. Having served on the STEAG Electronic Systems
Supervisory Board for several years, Mr. Viefhues joined STEAG RTP
Systems as the Chief Financial Officer in 1999 and became CFO for
Mattson after it acquired STEAG in 2001. Profile
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