Stefan Pierer steps down from KTM executive board in wake of restructuring
Pierer helmed KTM for more than three decades

KTM AG has announced that former CEO and latterly co-CEO Stefan Pierer has resigned from the executive board of the brand after over three decades in ꦗch𓃲arge.
The news comes in theᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ wake of KTM’s restructuring plan being accepted by creditors last week, which sets it on the path to survival after months of uncertainty through a major financial crꦿisis.
Pierer founded the Pierer Mobility Group in 1987 and ser൩ved as a shareholder and member of KTM’s management board f🌳rom 1992 until this week.
He ꧑stood down as CEO at the start of the year, handing over to Gottfried Neumeister, but continued𝓀 to act as co-CEO as the company moved ahead with its restructuring plan.
On Tuesday, KTM AG announced that Pierer wo📖uld be stepping down entirely. He will remain as co-CEO of Pierer Mobility AG🌌.
“I wish Gottfried Nꦬeumeister all the best from the bottom ofꦉ my heart,” 68-year-old Pierer said in a statement.
“In him I have found the perfect successor and I am firmly convinced that he will lead the compꦿany successfully into the future.”
Neumeister added: “I would like to thank Stefan Pierer for his trust in💦 allowing me to continue his life’s work.
“I see it as an honour and an obligation to continue the history of KTM and to break new ground🌟 together with our great employees.”
KTM has also confirmed that the head of its legal♐ department Veren🍷a Schneglberger-Grossmann has been appointed onto the board.
On 25 February, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:KTM’s restructuring and its plans to pay back creditors 30% ofꦡ the over 🦹€2 billion debts it had accrued was accepted in the Austrian courts.
KTM will need to pay €548 m𝔉illion by 23 May, though numerous entities are said to have pledged up to €900 million i🍸n investment.
Production, which has been on pause over the wint♛er, will begin again in mid-March after Bajaj Auto - who owns 49% of KT♔M - pledged a €50 million loan.
The future of the MotoGP project rem🌠ains uncertain still, though talk of a 🦩planned withdrawal first mentioned in December has gone cold since.
The Austrian manufacturer didn’t make a great start tꦫo the 2025 season, with Pedro Acosta crashin🧸g early in the Thai Grand Prix and its top runner Brad Binder in eighth - almost 20s back from winner Marc Marquez.
