Personnel
Mara Hancker new IK Managing Director
Mara Hancker is the new Managing Director of the IK Industrievereinigung Kunststoffverpackungen. The German studies graduate has been with the IK since 2015 and was previously the association's Head of Public Relations.
In her new role, Hancker will continue to be responsible for the association's communications, develop them further and strengthen the association's management under the leadership of Chief Executive Officer Dr. Jürgen Bruder. Before joining IK, she worked as Director Corporate Communications for Logwin AG as well as for Altana AG and Basler Securitas Versicherungs AG in the field of communications.
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