Freya von Czettritz named CEO of the DLG

Freya von Czettritz has taken over as CEO of DLG Holding where she will be responsible for DLG’s business activities. Together, Freya von Czettritz and Lothar Hövelmann now form the new DLG dual leadership team.

Since joining DLG in 2008, the 38-year-old has combined her two areas of expertise: agriculture and trade fairs as business platforms. Since 2009 he has been responsible for Agritechnica, the leading international trade fair for agricultural machinery, transforming the show into the leading international platform for innovative agricultural technology and modern crop production. Since 2016 she has headed DLG’s Division of Trade Fairs Plant Production and Field Operations with the international flagship brands Agritechnica, DLG Feldtage, DLG Waldtage, PotatoEurope and Agritechnica Asia. In her new role, she will be driving the professionalisation of DLG and bridging the disconnect between agriculture and food worldwide.
Source: Christian Appel/DLG
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