WILD Taps Ex-Symrise CFO for IPO

WILD (Heidelberg-Eppelheim, Germany) has brought Rainer Grimm on board as CFO to shepherd it toward its 2010 IPO. Grimm is best known as Symrise's former CFO, overseeing that company's IPO, which generated ~1.4 billion euro in 2006. In his comments regarding the hire, WILD chairman Hans-Peter Wild specifically noted Grimm's previous experience in helping design IPOs.