Sennheiser Group Introduces New Executive Management Board
The new management team of the Sennheiser Group, consisting of Co-CEOs, EMB and extended EMB (from
left to right): Steffen Heise, Markus Redelstab, Dr. Andreas Sennheiser, Yasmine Riechers, Dr.
Andreas Fischer, Ralf Oehl, Greg Beebe, Ron Holtdijk, Mareike Oer, Daniel Sennheiser
Following the realignment of the company with a focus on the professional audio business, the
Sennheiser Group is entering 2023 with a newly formed management team. The audio specialist’s
new
Executive Management Board includes representatives from the three business units, Pro Audio,
Business Communication and Neumann, as well as Supply Chain, Corporate Functions and Development.
Together with Co-CEOs Daniel Sennheiser and Andreas Sennheiser, the Board members will
implement the
strategic goals of the Sennheiser Group.
As of January 1, 2023, the operational business of the Sennheiser Group will be managed by a team of
six: The new Executive Management Board (EMB) includes Greg Beebe (Executive Vice President
Professional Audio), Ron Holtdijk (Executive Vice President Business Communication), Ralf
Oehl (CEO
Georg Neumann GmbH), Steffen Heise (CFO), Dr. Andreas Fischer (COO) and Markus
Redelstab (CTO).
Peter Claussen and Thomas Weinzierl, who were previously COOs responsible for
Professional Business
and Supply Chain, will also remain on the EMB before their respective retirements in the course of
the years 2023 and 2024. In the intervening period, they will gradually hand over their operational
tasks and extensive knowledge to the new EMB. In the future, Co-CEOs Dr. Andreas and Daniel
Sennheiser will primarily focus on corporate management and strategy development and devote more
time to customers, while the other EMB members will manage the operational business. Yasmine
Riechers and Mareike Oer complete the leadership of the Sennheiser Group as an
extended management
team, representing the Corporate Development Office and Brand & Corporate Communication.
"With the integration of the business units into the EMB, our customers are moving even more into
focus," explains Co-CEO Andreas Sennheiser. "In the future, their very different needs will be
represented at the highest management level and included in all decisions, enabling us to act even
closer to the market." The inclusion of product development into the direct scope of the EMB also
reflects the great importance of this area and the associated efforts to align innovations and new
technologies even more closely with customer needs. And by dovetailing all central functions with
the business units, the different perspectives will be brought together in a new, strong management
team.
"With this step, we are adapting our management structure to our new corporate positioning with a
focus on the Professional Business," explains Co-CEO Daniel Sennheiser. "At the same time, we are
further developing our leadership culture - in line with our corporate culture." The Co-CEOs have
already been leading the family-owned company in a dual leadership as part of a management team
since 2013. The new set-up, whose introduction was accompanied by Peter Claussen, is also shaped by
this management philosophy: "We are firmly convinced that rigid hierarchies in corporate management
are outdated. Just as we as Co-CEOs share overall responsibility for our family-owned company, we
will also shape the path for Sennheiser in the expanded management team," said Andreas Sennheiser.
"After all, the most important guarantor of our future success is the people who work together
worldwide under the umbrella of the Sennheiser Group. Our shared culture and our passion for what we
do unite us. With the new EMB setup, we are also reflecting this ethos in our corporate management."