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Grandson of Meyer & Meyer founder appointed chief executive

02.10.2020

OSNABRÜCK. The end of 2015 saw generational change at fashion logistics company Meyer & Meyer. Maximilian Meyer (right), fourth generation and great-grandson of the company founder, has been appointed chief executive and chairman of the executive board. The 32-year-old had been a member of the executive board as chief sales officer since June 2019. Together with chief financial officer Peter Schnitzler (centre) he has been managing the business since then. His sister Theresa Meyer (left) supports the management board duo in the strategic management and transformation of the family business. Both Maximilian, who joined the company in 2016 as key account manager and assistant to the executive board, and his sister are economists.

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