q.beyond AG announced that Thies Rixen as ceo as of April 1, 2023. The current CEO and Chairman of the Management Board, Jürgen Hermann (58), and the Supervisory Board simultaneously agreed that Hermann would leave the company as of 31 March 2023 after nearly ten years at the helm. Having led the company's successful transformation from a telecommunications provider to one of Germany's largest independent IT service providers, Jürgen Hermann acted early and in close liaison with the Supervisory Board to agree this internal succession solution.