Sennheiser names its 3rd generation of leadership since founding on 1945-- Daniel and Dr. Andreas Sennheiser take the helm of the audio maker as co-CEOs, effective 1 July 2013.
In addition Daniel and Andreas also take the role(s) of Speaker of the Executive Management Board, a position they will split "depending on the content and situation of the subject."
The two replace speaker since 2007 Volker Bartels, who will be managing the area of research and quality comprising the functions, research, prototyping, product quality and process quality for the whole group.
Further changes in Sennheiser management include Peter Callan taking over communications within the Sennheiser group (in addition to managing the Sennheiser CE division), integrated systems division manager Peter Claussen taking over the professional systems division and Paul Whitings (global sales division manager) taking over services.
The board also gets a new supply chain manager with Thomas Weinzeirl, while Heinrich Esser leaves the company to "pursue new challenges outside the Sennheiser Group."
The 5 division presidents report directly to the new co-CEOs, who in turn report to the supervisory board and shareholder assembly.
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