The Supervisory Board of CECONOMY AG (CECONOMY) has appointed Dr Karsten Wildberger as a member of the Management Board with effect
from August 1, 2021 and appointed him as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Labor Director of CECONOMY.
He succeeds Dr Bernhard Düttmann, who has been leading the company on an interim basis as CEO since October 2019. Likewise, Dr Karsten Wildberger will take over the position as Chief Executive Officer of Media-Saturn-Holding-GmbH (MediaMarktSaturn) from Ferran Reverter Planet.
In April 2021, Florian Wieser, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at MediaMarktSaturn, was already appointed CFO of the CECONOMY Group. Following the agreement with MediaMarktSaturn’s minority shareholder Convergenta Invest GmbH, the management structure of the CECONOMY Group will thus be unified and the double management structure eliminated.
Dr Karsten Wildberger, currently Chief Operating Officer at E.ON SE, has a broad international expertise from various industries. His more than 20 years of experience in marketing and sales roles, with omnichannel, retail and digital transformation processes of large distribution companies were decisive for his appointment as CEO, according to a company statement.
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