Sixt SE has appointed Dr. Franz Weinberger (41) as new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), once again following its proven personnel policy of developing its managers over the long term and filling top positions from within the company's own ranks wherever possible. Dr. Franz Weinberger, trained lawyer, has been with SIXT since 2013 and is currently Head of Corporate Finance. He will take over from Prof Dr. Kai Andrejewski (56) on 1 June 2024, when his term of office regularly expires.

Franz Weinberger, who holds a doctorate in law, has been with SIXT for over 10 years and has already been responsible for many important projects of the Group. During his time in the legal department of Sixt SE, he provided legal support to the Annual General Meeting and the financing transactions. He also took a leading role in the IPO of Sixt Leasing SE, the sale of the DriveNow stake to the BMW Group and the sale of the stake in Sixt Leasing SE to a joint venture between Santander and Hyundai.

During the Covid pandemic, Franz Weinberger led the financing discussions with banks and investors and assumed the position of Head of Corporate Finance. There he played a key role in developing the Sixt Group's financing strategy and managed the rating process with S&P, among other things. Before joining SIXT, Franz Weinberger was a lawyer specializing in corporate and capital markets law at the international law firm Taylor Wessing and advised on numerous M&A and financing transactions.