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Press release: Gerrit Schick becomes new CEO of Assmann Holding GmbH
Focus on strategic development and market expansion
Assmann Holding GmbH appoints Gerrit Schick as the new Chief Executive Officer. Schick comes from Cherry Digital Health GmbH and succeeds Rolf Unterberger, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Assmann Group, who has also held the role of CEO on an interim basis since 2023. The successful group of companies sells high-quality solutions for data network technology, structured cabling and networked working environments under its own established Digitus brand.
The Assmann Group is bringing Gerrit Schick on board as an experienced manager who will continue to drive the company's strategic development and sustainable expansion. The computer science graduate was most recently Managing Director of Cherry Digital Health GmbH, a subsidiary of Cherry SE. In this position, Schick played a key role in the successful further development of the Digital Health division. Prior to this, Schick held numerous leading international positions, including Business Group Manager DACH at Philips GmbH, where he was responsible for consolidating the IT solutions business units in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.
‘We are delighted to have gained such an accomplished and experienced manager as Gerrit Schick to head our company,’ explains Rolf Unterberger, Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Assmann Group. ‘His focus will be on further expanding the profitable growth of the holding company, intensifying the sales activities of our existing subsidiaries and simultaneously tapping into new markets and customer segments,’ continues Unterberger.
Unterberger, who has been Chairman of the Board at Assmann since 2019 and is therefore very familiar with the Group's processes and products, has held the position of CEO on an interim basis since 2023, optimising the channel structure and further developing the portfolio of the Digitus own brand during this time. In future, he will once again concentrate fully on his duties as Chairman of the Advisory Board.
Well positioned - international orientation firmly in view
With its top management, consisting of Gerrit Schick as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Dirk Kunz as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Phil Penninger as Chief Operating Officer (COO), Assmann Holding is optimally positioned for the future and is successfully driving forward its sustainable growth at an international level with the multi-layered expert know-how of its management.
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About Assmann Holding
Assmann Holding GmbH, based in Lüdenscheid, was founded in 1969 and unites eleven subsidiaries under one roof. Today, the group of companies is an internationally operating solution provider for high-quality server, network and peripheral infrastructure products with branches in eleven different countries. The diverse portfolio of the established own brand Digitus includes products and solutions for data network technology such as network and server cabinets, installation cables and accessories, active and passive network technology, components for PCs and workstations such as ergonomic office equipment, connection and signal transmission technology for digital signage solutions.
The entire product range is sold worldwide via IT distributors, system integrators, electrical wholesalers and the eCommerce channel. The particularly high service level of this innovative company is reflected in the many powerful e-tools and tailor-made trade marketing measures that Assmann offers its customers to optimize their joint online business.
