Changes in the Executive Board: CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA prepares for the future

CEWE Stiftung & Co. KGaA announced yesterday that the contract of the Chairwoman of the Executive Board of the Neumüller CEWE COLOR Foundation (CEO), Ms. Yvonne Rostock, will expire at the end of her term. Ms. Rostock will hand over her office to Executive Board member Mr. Thomas Mehls on May 1, 2025. At the same time, Mr. Patrick Berkhouwer, also a current member of the Executive Board, will be appointed Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board by the Board of Trustees of the Neumüller CEWE COLOR Foundation. With the restructuring of the Executive Board, the number of Board members will be reduced from six to five. The Board of Trustees also announced that Ms. Sirka Hintze will join the Executive Board as of June 1, 2025 - initially without a department, and from August 15, 2025 as Chief Financial Officer to replace CFO Dr. Olaf Holzkämper, as planned and already announced.

“On behalf of the Board of Trustees of the Neumüller CEWE COLOR Foundation, I would like to thank Yvonne Rostock for her very successful tenure,” says Helmut Hartig, Chairman of the Board of Trustees. “She took over the role of CEO in times of significant personnel changes, developed the company strategically as well as financially and opened up new perspectives with her experience and passion. Two record years of sales and earnings speak for themselves.” 

“I am grateful for the trust placed in me and proud of what we have achieved as a team,” says Yvonne Rostock, 52. “Together, we pushed forward the internationalization of the Group, developed new business areas and shaped a cultural mindset for the CEWE Group. At the same time, we successfully continued the transformation of the company into the age of artificial intelligence. This work will bear fruit in the coming years. Personally, I have achieved the goals we defined together, and I am leaving the company in good hands - even though I will miss the people at CEWE very much.” 

Thomas Mehls, 54, who will take over as Chairman of the Executive Board on May 1, 2025, has been responsible for Marketing, New Business Areas and Sustainability at CEWE since 2014. “Thomas Mehls has been working very successfully for CEWE for almost 12 years, during which time he has shaped the company's development into a multi-brand company and European market leader in photofinishing. He has extensive specialist and management expertise and will provide excellent leadership to the highly experienced Executive Board together with Patrick Berkhouwer, who has also been on the Executive Board for many years,” says Helmut Hartig. 

Sirka Hintze, 48, will be appointed to the Executive Board of the Neumüller CEWE COLOR Foundation from June 1, 2025, where she will be responsible for the finance department as CFO beginning August 15, 2025, after completing her induction. “Sirka Hintze has international financial expertise and a broad perspective on value creation,” says Helmut Hartig. “We are delighted that we were able to recruit her for the CEWE Group.” Ms. Hintze has many years of sector experience in industry, logistics, retail, banking and services. Most recently, she worked in various financial disciplines, risk & compliance and in IT at companies in Germany, the USA and the Netherlands. 

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