Eramet appoints new finance chief

Eramet said on Tuesday it had appointed Simon Henochsberg as chief financial officer and a member of its executive committee, replacing Abel Martins Alexandre, who has left the French mining group.

Henochsberg had served as vice president for strategy since 2024 and had been transitioning into the chief financial officer role as co-chief financial officer since February 2026, with responsibility for the group’s financing plan.

Henochsberg joined Eramet in 2022 as chief of staff to the chair and chief executive officer after five years at Rothschild & Co in sovereign advisory. Eramet did not give a reason for Alexandre’s departure.

The change comes as the company faces a management crisis.

Alexandre had stepped aside temporarily in February during an investigation into management methods in the finance department, a matter Eramet said was not linked to the dismissal of chief executive officer Paulo Castellari earlier that month on disagreements over “operating methods.”

An Eramet spokesperson said the findings of the investigation were confidential, declining to comment further.

The company is holding its annual shareholders’ general meeting on Wednesday to approve its planned €500 million ($581.30 million) capital increase.

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(By Sybille de La Hamaide and Gus Trompiz; Editing by Nick Zieminski)