Luxury brassware manufacturer Dornbracht has appointed Christian Ennenbach as new managing director, in its 75^th anniversary year.

He will complement the existing management team, alongside Caroline Schmitt, and drive the development of the company.

Christian Ennenbach joins the company from USA furniture manufacturer Haworth Europe, where he was vice president operations.

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He brings experience of finance, operations and supply chain to his role, with core competences in strategic focus and efficient management.

Ennenbach is responsible for finance, operations with purchasing, production and supply chain, as well as IT.

His aim will be to align the organisation, processes and systems towards global growth.

Caroline Schmitt is responsible for sales, marketing, category management, product development, human resources and corporate culture.

As spokesperson of the management board, Caroline Schmitt said: ‘As a proven management expert, Christian Ennenbach will primarily support us in the development of our business processes, whereby his extensive experience of KPI-based corporate management is particularly valuable to us.

“We are delighted that he will play an active role in shaping our growth strategy.”

Christian Ennebach commented on his new role: “I am very much looking forward to my new role in this renowned company with the strong Dornbracht brand.

“I am convinced that my pragmatic approach to business challenges will ideally complement the existing management structure.”

The company plans to build on the past 12 months, which saw the opening of a showroom in Milan, launch of Aquahalo and Serenity Sky showers and German Sustainability Award for its ReCrafted program.