{"id":3140,"date":"2025-01-21T12:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T12:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gfu.de\/?p=3140"},"modified":"2026-06-28T12:30:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T12:30:36","slug":"change-in-management-planned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gfu.de\/en\/change-in-management-planned\/","title":{"rendered":"GFU \u2013 Change in Management Planned"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section  class=\"block block--text block--bg-transparent block--pad-none block--text--layout-split block--text--text-anthrazit block--text--no-button\">\n    <div class=\"container block__inner\">\n\n        <div class=\"text__content\">\n            \n            \n                            <div class=\"text__body\"><p>Dr. Sara Warneke, Managing Director of gfu Consumer &#038; Home Electronics GmbH, has informed the Supervisory Board of gfu that she does not wish to extend her contract, which expires in 2025, but instead wants to take on a new challenge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section  class=\"block block--stimmen block--pad-normal block--bg-white block--stimmen--image- block--stimmen--single block--pause-on-hover\" data-stimmen-slider=\"1\" data-autoplay-speed=\"8\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"container stimmen__inner\">\n\n        \n        <div class=\"stimmen__stage\">\n\n            <div class=\"stimmen__slides\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"Quote slider\">\n                                    <article\n                        class=\"stimmen__slide is-active\"\n                        data-slide-index=\"0\"\n                        aria-hidden=\"false\"\n                    >\n                                                    <div class=\"stimmen__avatar\">\n                                <img class=\"stimmen__avatar-img\" src=\"https:\/\/gfu.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pressemitteilung-2025-sara-warneke-portrait-1024x1024.webp\" alt=\"Dr. Sara Warneke\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1663\" height=\"1663\" \/>                            <\/div>\n                        \n                        <div class=\"stimmen__body\">\n                            <p class=\"stimmen__meta\">\n                                <strong class=\"stimmen__name\">Dr. Sara Warneke<\/strong>\n                                                                    <span class=\"stimmen__role\">Managing Director of GFU Consumer &amp; Home Electronics GmbH<\/span>\n                                                            <\/p>\n\n                            <blockquote class=\"stimmen__quote\" style=\"font-size: var(--text-2xl)\"><p>\u201cOver the past 14 years, I have greatly enjoyed driving the further development of gfu in various positions. I now want to open a new chapter and make room for new ideas. Especially in the last four and a half years, since I took over as Managing Director, gfu has achieved a great deal. I am very grateful to my shareholders and the Supervisory Board for the excellent cooperation.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/article>\n                            <\/div>\n\n            \n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section  class=\"block block--stimmen block--pad-normal block--bg-white block--stimmen--image-left block--stimmen--single block--pause-on-hover\" data-stimmen-slider=\"1\" data-autoplay-speed=\"8\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"container stimmen__inner\">\n\n        \n        <div class=\"stimmen__stage\">\n\n            <div class=\"stimmen__slides\" role=\"group\" aria-roledescription=\"Quote slider\">\n                                    <article\n                        class=\"stimmen__slide is-active\"\n                        data-slide-index=\"0\"\n                        aria-hidden=\"false\"\n                    >\n                                                    <div class=\"stimmen__avatar\">\n                                <img class=\"stimmen__avatar-img\" src=\"https:\/\/gfu.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/pressemitteilung-2025-philipp-maurer-1024x1024.webp\" alt=\"Philipp Maurer\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1663\" height=\"1663\" \/>                            <\/div>\n                        \n                        <div class=\"stimmen__body\">\n                            <p class=\"stimmen__meta\">\n                                <strong class=\"stimmen__name\">Philipp Maurer<\/strong>\n                                                                    <span class=\"stimmen__role\">Chairman of the Supervisory Board of gfu Consumer &amp; Home Electronics GmbH<\/span>\n                                                            <\/p>\n\n                            <blockquote class=\"stimmen__quote\" style=\"font-size: var(--text-2xl)\"><p>\u201cDr. Sara Warneke took over the management of gfu during a time of crisis and quickly recognized how important it was to reposition IFA. It is largely thanks to her enormous commitment and coherent concepts that IFA was an outstanding and successful event in its anniversary year. We regret Dr. Warneke\u2019s decision and thank her for her great dedication. We wish her all the best for her professional and personal future.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n                                                    <\/div>\n                    <\/article>\n                            <\/div>\n\n            \n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section  class=\"block block--text block--bg-transparent block--pad-none block--text--layout-split block--text--text-anthrazit block--text--no-button\">\n    <div class=\"container block__inner\">\n\n        <div class=\"text__content\">\n            \n            \n                            <div class=\"text__body\"><p>The Supervisory Board is now working to fill the position at the earliest possible date and is accepting applications via the gfu office. The job advertisement is available <a href=\"https:\/\/gfu.de\/ueber-uns\/wir-stellen-ein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">here<\/a>. If you have any questions about the succession process, please feel free to contact our Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Philipp Maurer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n                    <\/div>\n\n        \n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After 14 years in various positions, Dr. Sara Warneke is leaving GFU. The Managing Director wants to pursue new paths, and the Supervisory Board is now looking for a successor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":545,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-market-insights","category-pressemitteilungen"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfu.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfu.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfu.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfu.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfu.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3140"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/gfu.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3632,"href":"https:\/\/gfu.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3140\/revisions\/3632"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfu.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gfu.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfu.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gfu.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}