Hanna Huber to leave the Otto Group
Effective January 1, 2023, Dr. Hanna Huber, Group Vice President Technology Strategy & Governance, will leave the Otto Group at her own request and by best mutual agreement. After three successful years, she will take on new challenges outside the group. A decision on her successor will be made at a later date.
Hanna Huber joined the Otto Group from Zalando in December 2019 to set up the newly created Technology Strategy & Governance directorate. Since then, she and her 15-person team have professionalized the governance of the technology strategy, including setting up group-wide tech decision-making bodies and defining overarching IT governance processes as well as standards for architecture, software and working methods. In addition, the digital expert has successfully built up the group-wide innovation management and established a Project Interdependency Managament (PrIM), which identifies the interdependencies between the Otto Group's major transformation programs and develops solutions together with the project teams.
Hanna Huber also played a key role in driving the operationalization of the Otto Group's technology strategy in fulfillment, for example with the selection of a future standard warehouse management system and the establishment of a product-based organizational setup. At the same time, she accompanied the first phase of the future e-commerce technology setup, up to the start of implementation and the first technical breakthrough, for various group companies from the Retailers segment.
Sebastian Klauke, Group Board Member for E-Commerce, Technology, Business Intelligence and Corporate Ventures, says: "Hanna stands out for her impressive technical expertise, strong analytical skills and tireless commitment – it has been a great pleasure to work with her and I regret that she will be leaving us. We thank her for three very successful years and her commitment to the Otto Group. We wish her all the very best in her future professional and private life."
Hanna Huber's successor will be determined at a later date.
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Founded in Germany in 1949, today the Otto Group is a globally active retail and services group with around 41,000 employees in 30 major company groups primarily active in the economic regions of Germany, the rest of Europe, and the USA. Its business activities span the Platforms, Brand Concepts, Retailers, Services and Financial Services segments. In the 2022/23 financial year (to 28 February) the Otto Group generated revenues of 16.2 billion euros. With online revenues of approximately 12 billion euros, the Otto Group is one of the world’s largest online retailers. The Group’s particular strength is the broad market presence of its differentiated product assortments and service offers to diverse customer target groups in the world’s relevant economic regions. Numerous strategic partnerships and joint ventures provide the Otto Group with excellent opportunities to transfer know-how and leverage areas of synergy potential. Group companies demonstrate a high degree of corporate responsibility and willingness to collaborate with one another; at the same time this guarantees flexibility, customer proximity and optimal target-group appeal in their respective national markets.