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Executive Leadership
Tarak Patel Managing Director
Mr. Tarak Patel has been the Managing Director of the Company since June 2015 and has been an Executive Director since 2007. Mr. Patel joined the Company in 2005 and served as Vice President sales and marketing.
Prior to joining GMM Pfaudler, he worked with Universal Consulting, a leading Strategy Management and Growth Strategy Consulting Company based in Mumbai, India.
Mr. Patel has over 25 years of experience in leadership, strategy and business management and also serves on the Boards of Ready-Mix Concrete Limited and ReefWatch Marine Conservation and is the Chairperson of Charutar Arogya Mandal. He is also a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO).
Mr. Patel has a BA in Economics from the University of Rochester, USA and an MBA jointly conferred by Columbia Business School, London Business School and University of Hong Kong (HKU) Business School.
Gregory Gelhaus Group Chief Executive Officer
Gregory Gelhaus has been appointed as Group Chief Executive Officer with effect from May 21, 2026. Prior to assuming this role, he had been serving as Group Chief Transformation Officer since 2025. He has over 27 years of extensive and diverse experience across various industries in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.
Before joining GMM Pfaudler, he served as the Chief Operating Officer for Asia Pacific and Central Europe at Global Blue, a publicly traded company backed by private equity. In that role, he managed 17 businesses across 15 countries and was a member of the Executive Committee. Prior to his tenure at Global Blue, he held positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Alvarez & Marsal, and Kirkham Group Pte Ltd.
Gregory holds a BBA in Accounting from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, an MBA with concentrations in Finance and Marketing from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of New York in the United States.
Alexander Poempner Group Chief Financial Officer
Alexander Poempner is appointed as Group Chief Financial Officer of GMM Pfaudler Limited effective February 7, 2025, and has been Chief Financial Officer for the International Business of GMM Pfaudler since February 2021. Previously, he was serving as the CFO of the Pfaudler Group since June 2020.
Alexander has over 15 years of experience in various Finance / M&A roles in Private Equity portfolio companies. He was previously the Chief Financial Officer for the Vision Ophthalmology Group, an international distributor in the Ophthalmology industry. Prior to that, Mr. Poempner spent three years as CFO of the BBI Group, a global manufacturer of raw materials and lateral flow test for the diagnostic and healthcare industry, based in Cardiff, Wales / United Kingdom. Earlier he held various roles in Europe and Asia with the Chemical Distributor Azelis and the industrial packaging manufacturer Mauser.
Alexander holds an MBA degree from the University in Cologne, Germany and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) qualification.
Managing Director
Mr. Tarak Patel has been the Managing Director of the Company since June 2015 and has been an Executive Director since 2007. Mr. Patel joined the Company in 2005 and served as Vice President sales and marketing.
Prior to joining GMM Pfaudler, he worked with Universal Consulting, a leading Strategy Management and Growth Strategy Consulting Company based in Mumbai, India.
Mr. Patel has over 25 years of experience in leadership, strategy and business management and also serves on the Boards of Ready-Mix Concrete Limited and ReefWatch Marine Conservation and is the Chairperson of Charutar Arogya Mandal. He is also a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO).
Mr. Patel has a BA in Economics from the University of Rochester, USA and an MBA jointly conferred by Columbia Business School, London Business School and University of Hong Kong (HKU) Business School.
Group Chief Executive Officer
Gregory Gelhaus has been appointed as Group Chief Executive Officer with effect from May 21, 2026. Prior to assuming this role, he had been serving as Group Chief Transformation Officer since 2025. He has over 27 years of extensive and diverse experience across various industries in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region.
Before joining GMM Pfaudler, he served as the Chief Operating Officer for Asia Pacific and Central Europe at Global Blue, a publicly traded company backed by private equity. In that role, he managed 17 businesses across 15 countries and was a member of the Executive Committee. Prior to his tenure at Global Blue, he held positions at PricewaterhouseCoopers, Alvarez & Marsal, and Kirkham Group Pte Ltd.
Gregory holds a BBA in Accounting from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan, an MBA with concentrations in Finance and Marketing from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) in the State of New York in the United States.
Group Chief Financial Officer
Alexander Poempner is appointed as Group Chief Financial Officer of GMM Pfaudler Limited effective February 7, 2025, and has been Chief Financial Officer for the International Business of GMM Pfaudler since February 2021. Previously, he was serving as the CFO of the Pfaudler Group since June 2020.
Alexander has over 15 years of experience in various Finance / M&A roles in Private Equity portfolio companies. He was previously the Chief Financial Officer for the Vision Ophthalmology Group, an international distributor in the Ophthalmology industry. Prior to that, Mr. Poempner spent three years as CFO of the BBI Group, a global manufacturer of raw materials and lateral flow test for the diagnostic and healthcare industry, based in Cardiff, Wales / United Kingdom. Earlier he held various roles in Europe and Asia with the Chemical Distributor Azelis and the industrial packaging manufacturer Mauser.
Alexander holds an MBA degree from the University in Cologne, Germany and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) qualification.
