Südzucker AG appoints Hans-Peter Gai (55) to the executive board. On November 1, 2022, he will succeed COO Dr Thomas Kirchberg (62) who recently resigned from the company’s executive board and went into retirement. Hans-Peter Gai has been appointed to the executive board for three years. In the course of his work at companies such as Unilever, Theo Müller and Danone, he has acquired over 20 years of professional experience in the areas of food production, supply chain, technology and product development and transformation.