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HIMA appoints CEO for Sella Controls

October 2, 2025

The HIMA Group has appointed Carl Ramsden as CEO of Sella Controls – A HIMA

Company – effective October 1, 2025. This newly created position represents an important
milestone in the further integration of the British company into the HIMA Group.

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With Carl Ramsden, the HIMA Group gains an experienced leader. He brings more than 20
years of international leadership and financial expertise from the industrial and technology

sectors, including senior positions at a chemical company and an automation manufacturer. He
has worked on both the manufacturing and end-customer fronts, giving him a comprehensive
understanding of both perspectives within the industrial value chain.

As CEO of Sella Controls, Carl Ramsden will assume overall responsibility of the company and

will lead it alongside Chris Parr (CTO) and Eddy Turnock (CSO). Carl will also take on the
responsibilities previously held by John Blackwell, who will retire as Chief Financial Officer

(CFO) on October 31, 2025 after many years of service.

Jörg de la Motte, CEO of HIMA Group, said: “We are delighted to have Carl Ramsden, an

experienced and strategic manager, join us in this key position. With his expertise and clear
value-driven leadership style, Carl Ramsden will further accelerate growth in the process and

rail industries in the UK and Ireland and help us to further expand our global position as a
solutions provider.”

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