Adidas CEO Herbert Hainer will be succeeded by Kasper Rorsted
Effective August 1, 2016, Kasper Rorsted (53) is appointed as ordinary member of the Executive Board and effective October 1, 2016 as CEO of Adidas AG
Kasper Rorsted is the perfect candidate to succeed Herbert Hainer as CEO of Adidas AG. He has extensive international management experience, having held positions with high-calibre companies such as Oracle, Compaq and Hewlett Packard. For eight years, Kasper Rorsted has very successfully headed up Henkel, a DAX company that just like the Adidas Group is known for its growth, internationality and sustainability.
