Martin Hug (CH)

lic. oec. – Mr. Hug started his career ascending through various roles with a leading global coffee trading company in Latin America (Costa Rica, Ecuador, and Honduras), ultimately as a Finance Director in Costa Rica, before he joined Lindt & Sprüngli (International) AG in 2004 as Senior Controller. Shortly after, he was promoted to CFO at Lindt & Sprüngli UK. From 2011 to the end of 2016, he held the position of CFO at Ghirardelli Chocolate Company in California (USA). As of January 1, 2017, he has been Group CFO and a member of Group Management, where he is responsible for Finance, IT, Procurement, and Sustainability. The CFO also chairs the Executive Sustainability Committee, composed of the Group General Counsel and the Group Management member responsible for Operations.