GfK Extends CEO Hartmann's Contract to 2019

GfK has extended CEO Matthias Hartmann's contract by a further five years, to 30th November 2019.

Before joining the firm in 2011 for an initial three-year period, Hartmann (pictured) spent 23 years at IBM, latterly as Global Head of Strategy and Industries. Earlier, he worked in IBM's banking and insurance divisions in Germany, Europe and the US, before holding various positions in the former IBM Unternehmensberatung GmbH.

GfK SE's Supervisory Board unanimously approved Hartmann's contract extension, and Chairman Arno Mahlert commented: 'We are very pleased that Matthias Hartmann will continue his successful work at GfK. His leadership has consistently driven the strategic and operational development of the company. We look forward to continuing on this path under his direction.'

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