Beginning on seventeenth March 2025 Steffan is an knowledgeable within the area of meals know-how, agricultural engineering and logistics
19 March 2025
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- The present interim CEO Bernd Meerpohl will resume his position as Chairman of the Supervisory Board
- The present interim Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Jürgen Steinemann, will return to his place as Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Large Dutchman AG in Vechta-Calveslage has a brand new CEO. With Steffen Bersch, an skilled trade knowledgeable has been appointed by the world market chief for livestock tools. The 55-year-old has his first day on the firm this Monday.
Bernd Meerpohl will resume his position as Chairman of the Supervisory Board with speedy impact. He served as interim CEO of Large Dutchman AG from 1 October 2024, after Dr Frank Hiller left the corporate.
Bernd Meerpohl: “We’re delighted that now we have been capable of finding a particularly competent candidate for this emptiness so shortly. Together with his skilled experience and down-to-earth character, Steffen Bersch is a wonderful match for our household enterprise. He has labored in meals manufacturing, agricultural engineering and logistics for a few years. He has worldwide expertise however can be aware of the area. I want Steffen Bersch all the perfect and thank Jürgen Steinemann for his work as interim Chairman of the Supervisory Board.”
Steffen Bersch studied meals know-how within the previous Hanseatic metropolis of Lemgo. The graduate engineer labored for the GEA Group for nearly twenty years in numerous roles, together with three years within the United Arab Emirates. Within the closing round 4 years of his time with the GEA Group, Steffen Bersch served as a member of the Government Board, with duty for agricultural engineering subjects, amongst others.
In 2020, Bersch was appointed CEO of the SSI Schaefer Group, a family-owned enterprise with 11,000 staff that specialises in world intralogistics.
Initially from Wattenscheid within the Ruhr space, Steffen Bersch has been dwelling in Münster for a few years. He’s married and has two grown-up kids.
Steffen Bersch: “I look ahead to having the ability to lead Large Dutchman AG into the following section of development, along with our greater than 3,100 staff worldwide. As a educated chef and meals technologist, I understand how necessary nutritious meals is – and the essential position farmers play on this. I see it as our activity to accompany them as an modern associate.”
