Chocoladefabriken Lindt & Sprngli AG strengthened top level management with immediate effect. Andreas Pfluger, former member of the Extended Group Management, is appointed as a member of the Group Management. At the same time, Thomas Linemayr is promoted to the Extended Group Management.

Andreas Pfluger started his career at Lindt & Sprngli in 1994 as marketing director of Lindt & Spr-ngli Switzerland. Three years later, he took over as CEO for the newly founded subsidiary in Australia, where he was in charge of the successful expansion in this new market. In 2001, he was appointed CEO of Lindt & Sprngli France and in 2005 moved on to become CEO of the Ghirardelli Chocolate Company in California.

At the same time, Thomas Linemayr is appointed to the Extended Group Management. The career of Thomas Linemayr in the Lindt & Sprngli Group began in 1995 as marketing and sales director at the German subsidiary in Aachen. In 1999, he became CEO of Lindt & Sprngli USA in Stratham, NH.