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 correct 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 crew. With Bernd Meerpohl taking up as Chairman of the Supervisory Board, not solely will this place in itself be secured, however Large Dutchman will visibly stay a household enterprise.

“Previously a long time, Bernd Meerpohl has formed the event of Large 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 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 information and stay liable for the corporate as Chairman of the Supervisory Board, beginning 1 January 2024 after a brief hiatus. The outlook for our business is advanced, however promising.

In opposition to this backdrop, we’ve 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 good thing about our clients everywhere in the world and for the good thing about our workers and their households. The Meerpohl household, my closest colleagues, the Supervisory Board and I consider 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 matches us very effectively. Together with his physician’s diploma in Mechanical Engineering, he brings alongside a greater than stable basis. In the middle of his profession, which included positions with among the leaders of the mechanical engineering business, for instance Meiller, Leoni and, most not too long ago, as CEO of Deutz AG, Dr. Hiller has gained intensive information and proved that he’s a crew participant who could 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 basically 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 exceptional entrepreneur who has invested a lot vitality and spirit to place Large Dutchman because the worldwide, modern market chief of an business that sees its obligation in serving to to ensure that the world’s inhabitants may be fed. I’m wanting ahead to succeeding him as CEO and securing and advancing the market place of Large Dutchman, along with the Board of Administration and all workers, and naturally in shut cooperation with Mr. Meerpohl as the brand new Chairman of the Supervisory Board.”