Trumpf GmbH & Co. KG CFO Dr. Lars Grünert - economic downturn, becoming a high-tech company & China

Hosts Professor Martin Glaum from WHU and Gori von Hirschhausen from PwC are joined in this episode by Dr Lars Grünert, the CFO of Trumpf, to discuss how family-owned businesses can better withstand crises. We also take a look at the fascinating story of how Trumpf has grown from a simple engineering company to a high-tech corporation, and how the company’s finance function has reflected and guided this transformation.