Change in high administration: Dr. Frank Hiller to grow to be Chairman of the Large Dutchman Board of Administration
From 1 April 2023, Bernd Meerpohl, long-term Chairman of the Board of Administration of Large 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 Large Dutchman that the time is true for a change in high administration of the Large Dutchman group. Dr. Frank Hiller will carry new and exterior stimuli to enrich the steady and confirmed administration workforce. With Bernd Meerpohl taking on as Chairman of the Supervisory Board, not solely will this place in itself be secured, however Large Dutchman will visibly stay a household enterprise.
“Prior to now a long time, Bernd Meerpohl has formed the event of Large Dutchman and set the course for the group’s future. He at all times had all stakeholders in thoughts and was extremely dedicated and devoted to advancing the household enterprise. The Supervisory Board and the household shareholders wish to thank Bernd for on a regular basis and energy he invested within the firm and the workers to make Large Dutchman the world chief in livestock farming know-how. We’re very glad that Bernd will proceed to share his data and stay liable for the corporate as Chairman of the Supervisory Board, beginning 1 January 2024 after a brief hiatus. The outlook for our trade is complicated, however promising.
Towards this backdrop, we have now discovered an skilled and competent CEO in Dr.-Ing. Frank Hiller. He’ll efficiently lead our globally lively firm within the subsequent section,” says Jürgen Steinemann, present Chairman of the Supervisory Board.
Bernd Meerpohl explains: “Taking on 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 everywhere in 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 Large Dutchman to combine new stimuli from the skin. Dr. Hiller’s grounded method suits us very properly. Along with his physician’s diploma in Mechanical Engineering, he brings alongside a greater than stable basis. In the midst of his profession, which included positions with among the leaders of the mechanical engineering trade, 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 wish to thank Jürgen Steinemann, the Chairman of our Supervisory Board, for actively accompanying me personally in addition to Large Dutchman normally these previous years. I’m more than happy that he’ll stay a part of the Supervisory Board as deputy chairman. Personally, I’ll proceed to assist 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 outstanding entrepreneur who has invested a lot power and spirit to place Large Dutchman because the worldwide, progressive market chief of an trade that sees its obligation in serving to to ensure that the world’s inhabitants will be fed. I’m trying ahead to succeeding him as CEO and securing and advancing the market place of Large 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.”
