After 21+ years of managing all Business Operations of the Hafele Group in South Asia including India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives and Nepal, Jurgen Wolf decided to retire and hand over the management of the company to Frank Schloeder on the 1st of February, 2023.
Over the past few months, Schloeder has been closely inducted into the culture and operations of Hafele first at the headquarters in Nagold (Germany) and then by Wolf in special context of region South Asia. Speaking about his successor, Wolf affirmed “After working closely with Frank for the last 2-3 months, I have discovered that we hold very similar outlooks and value sets and in essence are very similar people. We are confident that he is the right person to lead the company forward and I am very excited to see what the future holds.”
Schloeder states “I truly believe that the entire business process should pivot around the customer, and it is this unified customer-centric approach that will eventually deliver sustainable success for any organization.” He further added “ I am grateful to Jurgen for supporting and guiding me in the past few months. I admire and respect him for the company he has built from ground up and take this responsibility of nurturing it and driving it to excellence very seriously.”
The passing of the management reins happened strategically over the last two months with 31st January, 2023 being the last working day of our now retired MD, Jurgen Wolf.