At its meeting on March 19, 2014, the Supervisory Board of HORNBACH-Baumarkt-AG appointed a new member of the Board of Management, Karsten Kühn. He will become the new Chief Marketing Officer as of October 1, 2014. Karsten Kühn has built a reputation as an innovative marketing professional in the German and international retail sector.

He most recently acted as longstanding director of international brand management for Media Markt redblue Marketing GmbH. Within the Board of Management of HORNBACH-Baumarkt-AG, Karsten Kühn will assume responsibility for the department previously headed by Jürgen Schröcker, who stood down as of March 31, 2013.