15.12.2016
Leifheit Aktiengesellschaft DE0006464506
DGAP-News: Leifheit Aktiengesellschaft: Leifheit completes setting of the course in Board of Management
DGAP-News: Leifheit Aktiengesellschaft / Key word(s): Change of Personnel
Leifheit Aktiengesellschaft: Leifheit completes setting of the course in
Board of Management
15.12.2016 / 11:22
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Leifheit completes setting of the course in Board of Management
- Supervisory Board appoints Ivo Huhmann as member of the Board of
Management (CFO)
- Prudent planning of senior management succession
Nassau, 15 December 2016 - Leifheit AG has completed its personnel setting
of the course for the future on the Board of Management. With its decision
of 7 December 2016, the Supervisory Board appointed Ivo Huhmann (47) as a
member of the Board of Management (CFO) of Leifheit AG. The appointment
becomes effective as of 1 April 2017. Ivo Huhmann will take over
responsibility for finance, controlling, business processes/IT and legal/
audit from Dr Claus-O. Zacharias (62), who will leave the Board of
Management as planned in the coming year. Until his retirement after the
2017 Annual General Meeting, he will ensure a smooth transition of the
tasks to Ivo Huhmann.
In doing so, the Supervisory Board has completed the prudent succession
planning and the setting of the course for the future on the Board of
Management. It was only in July of this year that the term of Thomas Radke
(55) was extended by three years until 31 December 2019 as Chief Executive
Officer (CEO). He heads marketing, sales, and human resources as well as
the business divisions Soehnle, Herby and Birambeau. As of 1 November 2016,
Ansgar Lengeling (50) was appointed to the Board of Management for
operations. He is responsible for purchasing, production, logistics,
research & development and quality.
"After the successful restructuring and the build-up of an orderly growth
platform under the aegis of Dr Claus-O. Zacharias, Leifheit is with its
strategy 'Leifheit 2020', initiated by Thomas Radke, very well on track and
increasingly successful. With the new appointments of Ansgar Lengeling and
Ivo Huhmann, we provide both continuity and further development at the top,
ensuring continuous sustainable success. At the same time, we thank Dr
Zacharias for his outstanding management of the board departments finance
and operations throughout the recent eight years", says Helmut Zahn,
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Leifheit AG. "With Mr Huhmann, we are
delighted to gain a proven financial expert for our company, who can build
on the successful work of Dr Zacharias", continues Zahn.
Until recently, Ivo Huhmann was active as an entrepreneur. Prior to this,
he was Managing Director of Stiebel Eltron from 2010 to 2015, where he was
responsible for finance, human resources, IT, purchasing, legal and sales
China. Prior to that, he held various financial management functions in
Germany and the US from 1999 to 2010, most recently as Chief Financial
Officer (CFO), GE Healthcare Germany. Ivo Huhmann completed an engineering
degree at the TU Darmstadt and subsequently a MBA in Rotterdam.
"We are pleased to welcome Ivo Huhmann, a highly experienced colleague, who
perfectly complements our board with his expertise and his many years of
very diverse experience in different industries," says Thomas Radke, CEO of
Leifheit AG.
About Leifheit
Leifheit AG, founded in 1959, is one of the leading European brand
suppliers of household items. The company stands for high quality,
innovative products with great utility and pioneering design in the sectors
of cleaning, laundry care, kitchen goods and wellbeing. Leifheit and
Soehnle are among the best-known brands in Germany. In addition to the
Brand Business, Leifheit AG operates in the service-oriented Volume
Business via its French subsidiaries Birambeau and Herby. The Leifheit
Group and its international branches combined have around 1,000 employees.
More information on Leifheit is available online at www.leifheit-group.com,
www.leifheit.de, www.soehnle.de.
Contact:
Leifheit AG
D-56377 Nassau
[email protected]
+49 2604 977218
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Language: English
Company: Leifheit Aktiengesellschaft
Leifheitstraße
56377 Nassau
Germany
Phone: 02604 977-0
Fax: 02604 977-340
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.leifheit-group.com
ISIN: DE0006464506
WKN: 646450
Indices: SDAX
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich,
Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
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