Till Reuter appointed new CEO of dormakaba - Seite 2

Jim-Heng Lee, CEO dormakaba says: “During my entire ten-year tenure with the company, I have been blessed to work with capable and committed teams to surpass goals with a one-dormakaba spirit. I am convinced that the company will successfully continue on its trajectory, getting better in order to get bigger. I will always be grateful to the people of dormakaba for the experience I have had here, but the time is now right for me to return to Asia and I wish everyone at dormakaba all the best.”

Till Reuter, CEO designate of dormakaba: “I highly appreciate the trust dormakaba has placed in me and very much look forward to my role as CEO. I will focus all my energy on further developing dormakaba and executing its Shape4Growth strategy and transformation program, thus intensifying our efforts to free up resources for growth-oriented investments and innovation. I’m convinced that our initiatives will further leverage dormakaba’s compelling customer offering.”

Till Reuter will take over the CEO position of dormakaba effective 1 January 2024. At the same time, he will step down from the Board of Directors of dormakaba, of which he has been a member since October 2023.

Change in COO position

Separately, dormakaba announced that Alex Housten, Chief Operations Officer (COO) and member of the Executive Committee (EC), will leave the company by the end of March 2024 at the latest to take on a progressive leadership position at a larger US-based company within the HVAC industry. Housten joined dormakaba in 2020 as a member of the EC and served as President Americas, before he was appointed COO in 2023. The Board and the EC would like to thank him for his great commitment and achievements for dormakaba and wish him all the best in his future endeavors. The search for a successor has been initiated and will continue under the leadership of the CEO designate.

Outlook

For the 2023/24 financial year, dormakaba continues to expect organic growth to be in line with its 3-5% mid-term guidance and profitability with a sequential improvement above 2022/23 performance.
 

Patrick Lehn
Senior Manager Group External Communications / Press Officer