CEWE Group announces resignation of Chief Financial Officer Olaf Holzkämper in the course of 2025

CEWE Group announces resignation of Chief Financial Officer Olaf Holzkämper in the course of 2025
 

Oldenburg, October 11, 2024. The CEWE Group announces that Dr. Olaf Holzkämper, Chief Financial Officer (CFO), will resign from his board position for health reasons in the coming year. After almost 20 years with CEWE, including nearly 15 years as CFO, Holzkämper intends to scale back his professional commitments in order to devote more time to his physical health. “CEWE stands for reliability and a forward-looking approach. It was important to me to communicate my resignation early so that a carefully selected and trained successor can be guaranteed in the course of 2025,” says Holzkämper, who will continue to perform his responsibilities with full commitment until a successor is found and will also be available for project work in 2026.

The Board of Trustees of the Neumüller CEWE COLOR Foundation, together with Dr. Holzkämper and the entire Board of Management, has therefore initiated the search for a successor. “Even though we would have preferred to continue working with Dr. Holzkämper, we expressly welcome this proactive step,” says Helmut Hartig, Chairman of the Board of Trustees. ”We will make every effort to find an adequate successor for Dr. Holzkämper so that he can concentrate on his health. He has made a significant contribution to this company and is now actively involved in this transition. We are very grateful to him.”

“We very much regret Olaf Holzkämper's decision to resign. However, we fully understand and respect his open approach to the issue of health,” says CEO Yvonne Rostock on behalf of the Management Board. ”It is very important to us to support this decision while ensuring the continuity of our success.”

Should you have any queries, please contact:
CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA, Axel Weber (Investor Relations)
Tel.: 0441 / 404 - 552, Fax: 0441 / 404 - 421, Email: IR@cewe.de

Internet:  cewe.de , pixum.de , deindesign.de , whitewall.com , cheerz.com ,  

saxoprint.de, viaprinto.de , laser-line.de

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Financial schedule

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14.11.2024 Publication Interim Statement Q3 2024

20.11.2024 CIC Market Solutions Forum, Paris

25.11.2024 Deutsches Eigenkapitalforum 2024, Frankfurt

About CEWE:

The CEWE Group is Europe's leading photo service and online printing supplier.

From its beginnings in 1912, CEWE has progressed to become the leading photo service company for all those wanting to make more of their photos. This is mainly due to the much-awarded CEWE PHOTOBOOK, with about six million books being sold each year. Customers can purchase other personalised photo products under the brand names of CEWE, Cheerz, DeinDesign, Pixum and WhiteWall – and from many leading retailers in Europe. They are inspired to produce a variety of creative designs from their personal photos in these brand environments, entrusting the company with more than 2 billion photos every year.

The CEWE Group has also set up a highly efficient production system for advertising prints and business prints for the online printing market. Every year billions of high-quality printed products are delivered reliably to their purchasers through the SAXOPRINT, LASERLINE and viaprinto sales platforms.

The CEWE Group, through the founder family of Neumüller as an anchor shareholder, focuses on sustainable corporate management and has already received many awards for this effort:  economically sustainable in the long term; cooperative and fair in dealings with customers, employees and suppliers; socially responsible and protective of the environment and resources.

The CEWE Group has a staff of 4,000 employees and operates in 21 countries. CEWE is listed on the SDAX. More information is available at company.cewe.de.