Change in Group Management at Lindt & Sprüngli
Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG announces that Ernst Tanner, President & CEO, has decided to focus on the role as Executive Chairman by the end of 2016. At the same time the Board of Directors has appointed Dr Dieter Weisskopf, Group Chief Financial Officer, as new Group Chief Executive Officer.
Lindt & Sprüngli sets the long-term course for a major transition at the top of the company. Based on the more than 20 years lasting successful cooperation between Ernst Tanner and Dr Dieter Weisskopf – continuity – playing an important role in the Lindt & Sprüngli Group – is granted and the course for a prosperous future is set. Ernst Tanner said: “I am proud of what the Management Team together with over 13,000 passionate and dedicated employees has achieved over the past 20 years and I am looking forward to a successful future”.