RSSDeputy CEO Hans-Christian Schneider will assume overall responsibility for the
He takews over from current CEO Ulrich Meyer, who has been in charge of the Ammann Group since September 2010. Ulrich Meyer will join the Board of Directors of the Ammann Group in January 2013.
Hans-Christian Schneider, 33, studied engineering and completed additional training in the management field, and in 2009 he was appointed assistant to group management. He has been deputy CEO of the Ammann Group since January 2012 and a board member since 2010. He will remain on the board of directors after he takes over operational responsibility for the Ammann Group.
Hans-Christian Schneider is the son of Johann N. Schneider-Ammann, the fifth-generation family member who was in charge of the company for 29 years, until his election to the Swiss government in September 2010 required his departure.
“The Ammann and Schneider-Ammann families and the board of directors are delighted that this venerable Swiss company will remain under the management of a family member,” says a spokesperson for Ammann.
