Personnel changes are taking place in the management of Nolte Kitchens GmbH & Co. KG and Express Kitchens GmbH & Co. KG. Managing Director Melanie Thomann-Bopp has decided to resign from her positions with immediate effect to pursue a new professional challenge outside the industry. Thomann-Bopp headed the commercial department at both companies and at Nolte Kitchens she also managed the marketing and sales departments.
Regardless of Ms. Thomann-Bopp's decision, operational processes at Nolte Kitchens and Express Kitchens will continue unchanged.
Effective immediately, sales and marketing responsibilities at Nolte Kitchens will be assumed by Heiko Maibach in addition to his duties at Express Kitchens. The financial management of both kitchen companies will be overseen by Manfred Wippermann, alongside his role as Managing Director of Nolte Holding.
Thus, the management at Nolte Kitchens GmbH & Co. KG and Express Kitchens GmbH & Co. KG is complete with Heiko Maibach (Marketing and Sales), Rüdiger Schliekmann (Technology), and Manfred Wippermann (Finance).
Maren Schmitt-Nolte, Chair of the Advisory Board of Nolte Management Company mbH, and Georg Konrad Nolte, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Nolte GmbH & Co. KGaA, comment:
“Ms. Thomann-Bopp has led our companies Nolte Kitchens and Express Kitchens with dedication over the past two and a half years and made an undeniable contribution to the corporate culture. On behalf of the advisory board and the supervisory board, we thank her for her commitment and wish her all the best for the future. We wish the newly formed management much success and good luck.”