Dr. Arnd Köfler
Dr Arnd Köfler was a Member of the Executive Board at thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG from January 2017 to June 2024. He was responsible for the entire production area, which includes all operations from iron production through rolling to coating. His responsibilities also included developing and implementing the Green Transformation for thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG.
Dr Köfler began his career in the pig iron department at Hüttenwerke Krupp Mannesmann GmbH (HKM) in 1994. He held various other positions at HKM until 2013, including Head of Burden Preparation, Head of Continuous Rounds Casting, Head of Quality and Order Management and Head of Crude Steel Production. He began working for thyssenkrupp Steel Europe AG as Head of Steel Production in 2013 and in January 2016 took over as Head of Rolling and Coating at the Beeckerwerth facility.
Dr Arnd Köfler (born 1967) studied mechanical engineering at Ruhr-University Bochum before gaining a PhD in metallurgy at RWTH Aachen University in 1999.
