Change in high administration: Dr. Frank Hiller to turn out to be Chairman of the Massive Dutchman Board of Administration
From 1 April 2023, Bernd Meerpohl, long-term Chairman of the Board of Administration of Massive Dutchman AG, was succeeded by Dr. Frank Hiller. Bernd Meerpohl takes over the place of Chairman of the Supervisory Board from 1 January 2024.
After 31 years as CEO, Bernd Meerpohl determined along with the Supervisory Board and the household shareholders of Massive Dutchman that the time is true for a change in high administration of the Massive Dutchman group. Dr. Frank Hiller will convey new and exterior stimuli to enrich the secure and confirmed administration workforce. With Bernd Meerpohl taking up as Chairman of the Supervisory Board, not solely will this place in itself be secured, however Massive Dutchman will visibly stay a household enterprise.
“Prior to now a long time, Bernd Meerpohl has formed the event of Massive Dutchman and set the course for the group’s future. He all the time had all stakeholders in thoughts and was extremely dedicated and devoted to advancing the household enterprise. The Supervisory Board and the household shareholders need to thank Bernd for on a regular basis and energy he invested within the firm and the workers to make Massive Dutchman the world chief in livestock farming expertise. We’re very completely happy that Bernd will proceed to share his data and stay chargeable for the corporate as Chairman of the Supervisory Board, beginning 1 January 2024 after a brief hiatus. The outlook for our business is complicated, however promising.
Towards this backdrop, we now have discovered an skilled and competent CEO in Dr.-Ing. Frank Hiller. He’ll efficiently lead our globally energetic firm within the subsequent part,” says Jürgen Steinemann, present Chairman of the Supervisory Board.
Bernd Meerpohl explains: “Taking up my father’s accountability as CEO 31 years in the past was an honour, as was advancing the corporate for the advantage of our clients all around the world and for the advantage of our workers and their households. The Meerpohl household, my closest colleagues, the Supervisory Board and I imagine that somebody new ought to now take over the operational enterprise of Massive Dutchman to combine new stimuli from the skin. Dr. Hiller’s grounded method matches us very properly. Along with his physician’s diploma in Mechanical Engineering, he brings alongside a greater than strong basis. In the midst of his profession, which included positions with among the leaders of the mechanical engineering business, for instance Meiller, Leoni and, most just lately, as CEO of Deutz AG, Dr. Hiller has gained in depth data and proved that he’s a workforce participant who may be very able to main a world firm. I want to thank Jürgen Steinemann, the Chairman of our Supervisory Board, for actively accompanying me personally in addition to Massive Dutchman basically these previous years. I’m very happy that he’ll stay a part of the Supervisory Board as deputy chairman. Personally, I’ll proceed to help the corporate in my new place, as a lot as I can and in shut cooperation with Dr. Hiller.”
Dr. Frank Hiller provides: “Bernd Meerpohl is a exceptional entrepreneur who has invested a lot vitality and spirit to place Massive Dutchman because the worldwide, revolutionary market chief of an business that sees its obligation in serving to to ensure that the world’s inhabitants may be fed. I’m trying ahead to succeeding him as CEO and securing and advancing the market place of Massive Dutchman, along with the Board of Administration and all staff, and naturally in shut cooperation with Mr. Meerpohl as the brand new Chairman of the Supervisory Board.”
