Leoni CEO Aldo Kamper surprisingly takes his hat off in the middle of the renovation of the Nuremberg car supplier. The 52-year-old Dutchman is leaving the company at the end of March “to take on a new task at short notice,” Leoni announced on Monday evening. His new employer should be clear shortly. A successor for him at Leoni is not yet in sight, the supervisory board wants to take care of it immediately.
Kamper has been managing Leoni since September 2018. “He took over Leoni AG in a difficult situation and led it through extremely challenging times. Brought to manage the planned growth, he proved himself as a crisis manager,” said Klaus Rinnerberger, Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Soon after taking office, Kamper began to fundamentally restructure the manufacturer of cable harnesses and wires for cars and industry, which had more than 90,000 employees at the time, because growth had gotten out of hand.
“Right from the start it was anything but easy,” explained Kamper, “I would have liked to have completed the restructuring of this promising company as CEO. However, the challenge I face is the consistent continuation of my professional career. I couldn’t say no to that”, so camper. Before he moved to Nuremberg, he worked for the Osram lighting company.