Fressnapf will start 2022 with a change in leadership

Kümmel joined the retail giant in 2015 and currently serves as Senior Vice President Corporate Controlling & Development.

Torsten Toeller, who will remain Chairman of the Board of Directors, is looking forward to working with the new management team in the future: “Christian Kümmel is perfectly suited to this responsible role, both professionally and personally. He lives our corporate values with firm, personal conviction and has built up one of the best-performing teams in our organization over the years. Now he is ready for the next step.”

The areas of responsibility of the two managing directors will be assigned as follows from January 2022: 

Dr. Johannes Steegmann:

• Customer Experience (Dr. Matthias Bauer).
• Ecosystem Services (Dr. Jens Pippig)
• National Sales (Jochen Huppert)
• Sales International (Norbert Marschallinger)
• Product Offer (Heiko Bücker)
• IT & Processes (Benjamin Beinroth)
• Legal & Compliance (Dr. Christoph Haag)
• Corporate Relations (Ina Skarabis)

Christian Kümmel:

• People (Jens Berger)
• Supply Chain & Logistics (Daniel Behlert)
• Shared Services & Treasury (Holger Winterfeld)
• Data Center (Pascal Janus)
• Finance Business Partnering 
• Corporate Strategy & Organizational Development (Sonja Dunkel)
• Finance Excellence (Christian Koch)
• Corporate Program Office (Nick Horstmann)
• Audit (Knut Tondera)
• Tax (Benedikt Fischer)