The clothing provider Bonprix, which belongs to the Hamburg Commercial and Service Group Otto Group, newly occupies a key position.
On Monday, the Otto Group announced that Kai Havekost will take over the post of Managing Director Finance (CFO) at the Bonprix Group on March 1st next year. He follows Kai Heck in this function. The latter “had already left his resignation at the end of the 2025/26 (February 28, 2026) for a long time” and “retired at the age of mid -60,” said the group.
Havekost moved to the Otto Group in 2014
His successor was found within the group of companies. Havekost came to the Otto Group in 2014 as a Division Manager Corporate Finance Strategy. He has been a Vice President Corporate Finance since 2020, and in 2023 he also took responsibility for the areas Group Audit & Group risk, data protection and M&A. “In addition, he was responsible for various strategic projects, including not least the takeover of the ABOUT YOU SE and Co. KG by Zalando SE in the summer of this year,” said the group.
Havekost is an “extremely experienced financial expert” who, before his time at Otto, “had already worked in various financial functions at commercial banks at home and abroad” before his time.
Franziska von Scholz will be new Vice President Corporate Finance of Otto Group
Marcus Ackermann, who is responsible for the multichannel spacer area on the group board of the Otto Group, explained the appeal. “I am very happy that we managed to win Kai Havekost as a new Managing Director Finance for the Bonprix Group,” he said in a statement. “With its great expertise in the financial area, the management is still excellently positioned in order to ensure Bonprix ‘sustainability.
Havekost’s previous position as Vice President Corporate Finance of the Otto Group, according to the group Franziska von Scholz, which “has been funding since the beginning of the financial year 2025/26 and is currently responsible for the group-wide financial strategy in this role, which Otto Group represents in financing issues and the main contact for banking partners and capital markets is”.