At the beginning of 2024 there will be changes at the top of the Endress+Hauser Group: Dr. H. c. As announced for a long time, Klaus Endress will step down as Chairman of the Board of Directors. He is to be succeeded by CEO Matthias Altendorf. The new head of the group of companies will be Dr. Peter Selders, who up to now has headed the competence center for level and pressure measurement technology. Steven Endress, previously Managing Director of Endress+Hauser Great Britain, will take over as the family's second representative on the Board of Directors.

Klaus Endress (born 1948) has shaped the development of Endress+Hauser for almost 45 years. He joined the company founded by his father in 1979 and took over management of the group from him in 1995. In 2014 he handed over operational responsibility to Matthias Altendorf and became President of the Board of Directors. Much of the company still bears his signature today. At the same time, he has been working towards a smooth generational change in the shareholder family over the past few years.

Matthias Altendorf is to become the new President of the Board of Directors on January 1, 2024. From the point of view of the shareholders, to whom he will be proposed for election at the Annual General Meeting on April 3, 2023, Klaus Endress says that he is the right person for this position: "He has known our company for 35 years. He has been managing the group of companies with care and success for almost a decade. In addition, Mr. Altendorf embodies the Endress+Hauser culture in an exemplary manner and stands for the values ​​that define our company.”

The successor as CEO will be Dr. Peter Selders. The doctor of physics is 53 years old, has worked at Endress+Hauser since 2004 and has headed the competence center for level and pressure measurement technology based in Maulburg since 2019. "As head of Endress+Hauser Level+Pressure, he has proven that he can lead and inspire people, that he carries the spirit of Endress+Hauser and that he is capable of successfully developing a large organization," says Klaus Endress.

The family remains closely connected to the company

These decisions were preceded by many considerations and discussions among the shareholders, family and board of directors. "Of course, the family will remain closely linked to the company," emphasizes Klaus Endress. As before, it should be represented by two members on the Board of Directors. Steven Endress will therefore move in there on January 1, 2024 as the second representative alongside Sandra Genge. The 44-year-old grandson of the company founder has been with Endress+Hauser since 2012 and has been Managing Director in Great Britain since 2016.

Even if Klaus Endress will no longer play an active role at Endress+Hauser in the future, he will remain chairman of the family council, which advises on all important issues relating to the relationship between family and company. A family charter has been regulating the cooperation between the shareholders and their relationships with the company for years. Fixed institutions and regular get-togethers strengthen cooperation and introduce members of the younger generation to the company.

Other successors settled

The successor to Peter Selders at the head of the competence center for level and pressure measurement technology will be Dr. Dirk Mörmann (49), previously Head of Technology and a member of the Executive Board. Iain Cropper (51) will be in charge of Endress+Hauser Great Britain from May 1, 2023. As a member of the management board, he has been responsible for the operative business.