{"id":76309,"date":"2026-05-06T10:20:41","date_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:20:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/?p=76309"},"modified":"2026-05-06T10:41:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T08:41:56","slug":"villiger-sohne-holding-ag-appoints-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/villiger-sohne-holding-ag-appoints-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Villiger S\u00f6hne Holding AG Appoints New CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of Directors of Villiger S\u00f6hne Holding AG has appointed Christoph Sch\u00fcpbach as the new CEO of the Villiger Group and thanks current Managing Director Clemens G\u00fctermann, who will retire in 2027 after completion of a comprehensive handover phase.<\/p>\n<p>Swiss executive Christoph Sch\u00fcpbach brings international industrial experience and stands for clear strategies, strong leadership, and the development of high-performance teams. A graduate mechanical engineer and MBA alumnus of the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, he led the Schleuniger Group \u2013 an internationally active technology company \u2013 as CEO for more than eleven years and took over operational management of Regent Lighting, a Swiss provider of professional lighting solutions, in 2020. Previously, he held international market and leadership roles at Bystronic and ABB.<\/p>\n<p>Jvo Grundler, Chairman of the Board of Directors: &#8222;We are delighted to have appointed Christoph Sch\u00fcpbach, a renowned international executive, as CEO. With his broad experience across different industries and phases of corporate development, he will lead the Villiger Group into the future with fresh perspectives. On behalf of the Villiger family and the Board of Directors, I thank Clemens G\u00fctermann for his commitment and prudent leadership over recent years, especially during the transition phase following the death of Heinrich Villiger in the summer of 2025.&#8220;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Board of Directors of Villiger S\u00f6hne Holding AG has appointed Christoph Sch\u00fcpbach as the new CEO of the Villiger Group and thanks current Managing Director Clemens G\u00fctermann, who will retire in 2027 after completion of a comprehensive handover phase.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":76310,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"categories":[177,49,2808,44],"tags":[10255],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76309"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76309"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76320,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76309\/revisions\/76320"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76309"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cigarjournal.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}