COMPO expands Management Board
COMPO has expanded its management team to the customer at a crucial point, thus taking another important step in the implementation of its brand promise. In addition to the managing directors Stephan Engster, CEO and Anton Staals, CFO, Mario Bildat as Chief Operating Officer and Andrea Strein as Chief Sales Officer strengthen the management team.
"With Andrea Strein and Mario Bildat, we have gained two absolute professionals who will further improve the execution of our brand promise and contribute to further increased delivery and service satisfaction," says Engster. "The expansion of our management team with a COO and CSO marks another important step in our corporate strategy." COMPO's leadership culture is characterized by responsibility, partnership, innovation and growth.
Mario Bildat brings extensive experience from the optimization of business processes and the implementation of product innovations. Bildat joined the group of companies in 2023 and was able to provide excellent impetus in its first season. In doing so, he was able to build on his more than 20 years of international experience as VP Operations in the industrial and automotive sectors of Stanley Black & Decker.
Since October 2024, Andrea Strein has been strengthening the COMPO team as Chief Sales Officer. In her role, Andrea Strein will take over the operational management of the national sales units. She will drive the development of new services and processes and use her expertise to accelerate the Group's further growth. Andrea Strein brings many years of international brand experience and was most recently Managing Director for Weber-Stephens in the DACH region.
"Sales is a central pillar of our growth plan," says Engster. "We are determined to further expand our market position and at the same time convince with innovative sustainable solutions and first-class service."
COMPO is Europe's leading supplier of branded products for plants in the home and garden. Hobby gardeners will find everything they need to care for their plants in our range – from potting soil and fertilisers to lawn seed, pest control and plant protection products, with a focus on organic. It all began in 1956 with the launch of the first potting soil in consumer-friendly packaging – the well known and to date multi-award-winning brand COMPO SANA®. Day in, day out, more than 800 employees from 25 sites are now working on the development of a diverse range of sustainable quality products and solutions.