Läderach confirms North American president Nathanael Hausmann set to lead global sales operations

Swiss premium chocolate group Läderach has confirmed that its North American President, Nathanael Hausmann, is set to return to the company’s home nation to take up a new role as head of Europe and global sales management, reports Neill Barston.

He will be succeeded from May 15 by Warren Dunkelberger (below), who is currently US Director of Retail Sales & Operations, amid a period of continued expansion for the business in North America, having opened dozens of stores in the US over the past few years.

As the company noted, since arriving in the US in 2019, Nathanael (main image) has been responsible for building the US and Canada subsidiaries and establishing the family-owned Swiss company as a leading premium chocolate brand driven by unrivalled freshness and quality (see our previous exclusive video interview with Nathanael here).

Working in partnership with the CEO and Swiss leadership team, in less than three years, Nathanael successfully led the launch of 40 premium fresh chocolate retail stores and ecommerce across the US and Canada and grew the staff to 500+ amid a pandemic. Those stores include two flagship locations: Läderach’s 100th store globally on Fifth Avenue in New York City and CF Toronto Eaton Centre in Canada. Warren joined Läderach in 2021 to work closely with Nathanael and help manage the rapid North American retail expansion.

“Nathanael knows Läderach inside out and has, together with Warren and the management team, demonstrated how to build an organization, quickly grow it and align it for profitable growth. Warren will benefit from this groundwork as his successor. I wish them both success in their new responsibilities,” says Johannes Läderach, CEO, Läderach. “I’m very grateful for this incredible and rewarding journey to build and establish our North American business as one of the leading premium chocolate retail businesses coast-to-coast,” said Nathanael Hausmann. “Warren has been an invaluable partner in getting Läderach to this point, and I look forward to seeing him build on this momentum.”