Group Management
On December 31, 2015, Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprüngli AG's Group Management had five members:
| Name, responsibility | Since |
| Ernst Tanner, Chief Executive Officer | 1993 |
| Uwe Sommer, Marketing / Sales / Global Retail & Country Responsibility | 1993 |
| Andreas Pfluger, Country Responsibility | 1994 |
| Dr Dieter Weisskopf, Chief Financial Officer, Finance / Administration / Procurement / Operations | 1995 |
| Rolf Fallegger, Country Responsibility | 1997 |
Ernst Tanner (CH) For details, refer to “Board of Directors”.
Uwe Sommer (CH) Economist, MA — Mr. Sommer joined Lindt & Sprüngli in 1993 as a member of Group Management, responsible for Marketing and Sales with country responsibilities. Since August 2012, he has been responsible for the Global Retail area. He worked previously as an executive in the marketing/sales sector of Procter & Gamble, Mars in Germany and England and as CEO with Johnson & Johnson in Austria.
Andreas Pfluger (CH) lic. rer. pol. — Mr. Pfluger began his career with Unilever in Switzerland before joining Lindt & Sprüngli (Schweiz) AG as Marketing Manager in 1994. In 1997, he took over responsibility as CEO for building up the subsidiary in Australia. He has held further positions as CEO of the French subsidiary and of the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company in California (USA). Since 2005, Mr. Pfluger has been responsible country wide for North American markets. In 2011, he returned to the Swiss headquarters to work for Extended Group Management and was promoted to member of Group Management in 2013, where he is responsible for the development of specific markets. Since the 2014 takeover of the American group, Russell Stover Candies LLC, Mr. Pfluger has supervised their integration into the Lindt & Sprüngli Group and is CEO of Russell Stover.
Dr Dieter Weisskopf (CH) PhD in Economics / Business Administration — Mr. Weisskopf joined the Lindt & SprüngliGroup in 1995 as Head of Finance, Administration, and Purchasing. Since 2004, he has also been responsible for manufacturing. Starting his career at Swiss Union Bank, he gained additional experience in the banking sector in Mexico and Brazil, later changing to the food industry, joining the Jacobs Suchard Group. At Jacobs Suchard and at Klaus Jacobs Holding, he held executive management positions in the financial sector, lastly as CFO in Canada and Switzerland.
Rolf Fallegger (CH) lic. oec. HSG — Mr. Fallegger began his career in 1991 in marketing with Procter & Gamble in Geneva, Great Britain, and Belgium. He joined Lindt & Sprüngli (Schweiz) AG as Marketing Manager in 1997. He was then appointed CEO of the Lindt & Sprüngli subsidiary companies in Great Britain and France. In 2009, he returned to the Swiss base and in 2011 was appointed as member of the Extended Group Management. In 2014, he was promoted to member of the Group Management, where he continues to be responsible for the development of specific markets.
Except for the above-mentioned assignments, members of Group Management are currently not involved in other management or supervisory bodies. They are not active in managing or consulting functions with closely related parties, nor do they hold public or political office. There are no management agreements with either legal entities or natural persons outside the Group.
