Matthias Hartmann takes up his position as the new  GfK SE CEO to achieve the new business strategy “Own the Future”

Nuremberg, December 1, 2011 – Matthias Hartmann (45) is today assuming responsibility for GfK as the new CEO, succeeding Professor Dr. Klaus L. Wübbenhorst.After Professor Dr. Klaus L. Wübbenhorst, the long-standing CEO of GfK SE, advised the Supervisory Board in February 2011 that he would not be extending his contract which runs until the end of July 2012 for personal reasons, Matthias Hartmann was appointed as his successor on August 1, 2011. In his last position as Global Head of Strategy and Industries, the business management graduate was responsible for the global strategy and