Mr. Krolo was appointed Chief Financial Officer of the BIRKENSTOCK Group in February 2025 and oversees the BIRKENSTOCK Group’s Finance and Human Resources Departments. Mr. Krolo joined the BIRKENSTOCK Group from EMH Partners, a growth investment firm investing in owner-managed technology companies, where he served as Partner and CFO. He was a member of the Investment Advisory Committee and responsible for the areas of finance, tax, legal and corporate administration. Prior to this, Mr. Krolo was a Certified Public Auditor and Manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he focused on auditing and advising listed and mid-sized companies, and, before that, an Audit Manager and Tax Consultant at Mazars, a leading global professional services network providing audit and assurance, tax, advisory and consulting services. Mr. Krolo holds a Master of Arts in Auditing, Finance and Taxation from the Universities of Applied Sciences Münster and Osnabrück and qualified as German Tax Adviser and Certified Public Auditor in 2013.