Dieter Weisskopf – Board Vice-Chair

Lindt & Sprungli

Mr. Weisskopf has been a member of the Board of Directors since April 2022 and is Chair of the Sustainability Committee and member of the Audit Committee. Furthermore, he was appointed as Vice-Chair of the Board of Directors on October 27, 2022. He graduated in economics (lic. rer. pol.) and subsequently obtained a doctorate in the field of business administration. Mr. Weisskopf started his career at Swiss Union Bank. After gaining additional experience in the banking sector in South America, he then changed to the food industry, joining the Jacobs Suchard Group. At Jacobs Suchard and at Klaus Jacobs Holding, he held executive management positions in the area of finance, latterly as CFO in Canada and Switzerland. Mr. Weisskopf joined the Lindt & Sprüngli Group in 1995 as Head of Finance, Administration, IT, Purchasing and Sustainability. In 2004, he was also responsible for manufacturing. From October 2016 until September 2022, he acted as CEO of the Lindt & Sprüngli Group and has been responsible for the functions Group Communications, Group HR and Transformation. Since December 8, 2023 he is member of the board of directors of the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF).