Job Title: Chief financial officer
Company: SAT-COM
Christoph Scholz is the chief financial officer at SAT-COM and the chief executive officer at Kudu Biomass Group.
He established the operations of Kudu Biomass Group in 2023. Before taking on his current role at SAT-COM in 2025, he spent over 11 years at DB Schenker in Namibia, where he served as the managing director of Schenker Namibia and earlier as the company's chief financial officer.
Earlier in his career, he spent nearly six years at Ohlthaver & List, holding roles as group procurement manager and project manager for finance.His early career includes serving as the European finance controller at Smiths Group plc in Düsseldorf and as customer business group controller at Visteon Corporation in Cologne. He began his career in auditing, serving as a senior corporate internal auditor at Delphi, and in compliance auditing at Deloitte in Prague and Windhoek.
Christoph is a qualified chartered accountant with the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Namibia & South Africa. He holds a certificate in the theory of accounting from the University of South Africa and a bachelor of commerce in accounting and finance from the University of Cape Town. He completed his schooling at Deutsche Höhere Privatschule Windhoek, where he obtained his German Abitur.
Work:
2025 – Present Chief financial officer, SAT-COM
2023 – Present Chief executive officer, Kudu Biomass Group
2016 – 2023 Managing director, Schenker Namibia
2012 – 2016 Chief financial officer, Schenker Namibia
2007 – 2012 Group procurement manager, Ohlthaver & List
2006 – 2007 Project manager finance, Ohlthaver & List
2004 – 2006 European finance controller, Smiths Group plc
1999 – 2004 Customer business group controller, Visteon Corporation
1997 – 1999 Senior corporate internal auditor, Delphi
1996 – 1997 Senior compliance auditor, Deloitte
1993 – 1996 Trainee compliance auditor, Deloitte
Education:
1997 – 1997 Chartered accountant, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Namibia & South Africa
1993 – 1995 Certificate in the theory of accounting, University of South Africa
1989 – 1992 Bachelor of commerce in accounting and finance, University of Cape Town
1975 – 1988 German Abitur, Deutsche Höhere Privatschule Windhoek (DHPS)
About company: Kudu Biomass Group is a Windhoek-based company specialising in the production of charcoal and related products utilising high temperature retort ovens.
