VIENNA — Coatings manufacturer HELIOS announced a change to its top management team. David Kubala will continue to act as Chief Executive Officer and will be joined by Dietmar Jost, newly appointed as Chief Officer for Industrial Coatings as of May 1, 2019. After three years in the position, Hubert Culik will step down as the second Chief Executive Officer. The announcement follows the company’s commitment to position itself as a full system and solution provider in the field of coatings and chemicals, and to combine strengths from all areas of industrial coatings.
The generation change in the management team lays the foundation for the future continuous development of the company, as the team has been working together successfully for many years. Kubala has been with the company since 2014 and took over the management of HELIOS in March 2016, together with Culik. As the CEO he is responsible for all aspects of HELIOS’s performance and for the further fast tracking of the company’s growth strategy.