Coherent, Inc. and its Board of Directors has named Andreas âAndyâ? W. Mattes as the companyâs new President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors, effective immediately. On Andy Mattesâ recommendation, Coherentâs Board of Directors has also appointed Mark Sobey as Coherentâs new Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.
Andy Mattes, a US-German national, is an experienced global technology business executive with over 30 years of management experience. He most recently served as a Senior Advisor at McKinsey & Company, where he focused on advising international businesses on high-impact transformations, agile change, and positioning companies for growth. Prior to this, Andy Mattes served as President and CEO of publicly-traded Diebold Nixdorf, a multinational financial and retail technology company. Prior to this, he spent more than five years in executive leadership positions at Hewlett Packard, and over 20 years at Siemens AG. He has also served on numerous boards of private and public technology companies over the past 20 years.
