Chairman of the Corporate Sustainability Committee,, Lindt & Sprüngli
Mr. Weisskopf has been a member of the Lindt & Sprüngli Board of Directors since April 2022 and Vice Chairman since April 2023. He is the Chairman of the Corporate Sustainability Committee and member of the Audit Committee. He 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. On October 1, 2016, he took over as CEO of the Lindt & Sprüngli Group until he stepped down from his position in October 2022.