Mister Spex expands Management Board
- 08. Jun. 2021
- Europe’s leading digitally driven omnichannel optician Mister Spex adds Maren Kroll (CHRO) and Dr Sebastian Dehnen (CFO) to the Management Board
- New legal form as a European Company (SE)
Mister Spex, Europe’s leading digitally driven omnichannel optician, is expanding its Management Board from two to four people. In the course of the company’s strong growth and expansion across Europe, the Supervisory Board has appointed Dr Sebastian Dehnen as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Maren Kroll as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of the Berlin-based company. They will be supporting the two Co-CEOs Dirk Graber and Dr Mirko Caspar.
“We are expanding the Management Board in order to distribute the steadily increasing responsibility associated with our strong growth in a targeted manner and also to be well-positioned for our future ambitions at the executive level,” says founder and Co-CEO Dirk Graber.
Dr Sebastian Dehnen joined Mister Spex’s management team in August 2020; previously he was CFO with car sharing provider Car2Go Group (now Share Now). He will bring his strategic financial and legal perspectives to the board’s work. Maren Kroll, with HR management experience at Zalando and Harry’s Inc., a leading omnichannel company for shaving and skin care products, has been responsible for human resources at Mister Spex since January 2020 and she will continue to use her organisational and personnel expertise at the executive level to steer the further growth of the company. Her area of responsibility will be expanded to include corporate responsibility and communications.
In the course of the company’s continuous European expansion, Mister Spex will also be changing its legal form from a stock corporation under German law to a European company (Societas Europaea, SE for short). “We are a European company that already operates in ten countries and recently started operating our own stores internationally. We want to continue to grow internationally and, in the future, be as large internationally as we are in Germany today. We will map this strategic orientation as a European company with the new legal form,” says Co-CEO Caspar.
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About Mister Spex:
Mister Spex is one of Germany’s leading optical retailers, distinguished by its seamless integration of online and offline presence, innovative technologies, a comprehensive product range, and exceptional customer service. Since its founding in 2007, Mister Spex has evolved from a pure online player into a successful omnichannel optician, serving over 8 million customers and four online shops across Europe as well as 65 own retail stores in Germany. Mister Spex employs over 120 highly qualified opticians who ensure top-notch optical services in their stores. As a digital native, technology and innovation have always been central to the company’s development. Utilizing advanced technologies such as digital 2D-to-3D tools for frame adjustment and intelligent browsing functionalities, Mister Spex sets new standards in the optics industry, offering extraordinary value to its customers. Mister Spex focuses on making the eyewear purchasing experience unique, simple, transparent, and enjoyable, combining a wide and diverse range of high-quality products with extensive optical expertise and advice through customer service, its own stores, and an extensive network of partner opticians.
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