Hopefully the new CEO will be much much better!

I am not sure if this is good or bad news?

Most forum readers will know, that I always supported Tue in his doings for B&O.

He has worked hard on changing a rather conservative/self-satisfied/dusty company into a company, that is more focussed on the users/buyers, more open to new inspiration.

And he has made the world aware of what B&O can do!

Not saying that he succeeded with all - and it certainly also created new problems.

But imo he has done an excellwnt job in keeping B&O alive and kicking.

We probably won't learn everything behind this change of CEO.

Assumed that Tue did resign 'from his own free will', I fully understand it - he has had some extremely stressfull years and has been more than 100% involved in developing B&O to what it might become in the future.

Personally I wish him good luck with what he will be doing next - he should however slow a bit down.

We don't know yet what to expect from the new CEO - hopefully we will soon learn more.

MM

Millemissen wrote:

I am not sure if this is good or bad news?

Time will tell...

Tue may have made some good things, but otherwise he just did the "standard program":

- cut jobs
- cut costs
- outsource to China
- tell how great and important you are

my 2 dead Beosound 3 painful remind me about the "quality" of Made in China. ;-)


Let's see how the new guy will do and maybe he can correct the current way of Bang & Olufsen to secure another 90 years while avoiding to degrade the quality.

TWG wrote:

my 2 dead Beosound 3 painful remind me about the "quality" of Made in China. ;-)

BeoSound 3 was made long before Tue came to the company - and (as far as I remember) it was made in DK.

MM

The top plate was manufactured in China according to my dealer and if you look at the bottom of the BS3: There's a very high amount of kanji characters ;-)

You are right about Tue and there's no coherence between him and the BS3. I just use the BS3 as some kind of memorial for outsourcing. :)

TWG wrote:

Tue may have made some good things, but otherwise he just did the "standard program":

- cut jobs
- cut costs
- outsource to China
- tell how great and important you are

my 2 dead Beosound 3 painful remind me about the "quality" of Made in China. ;-)


Let's see how the new guy will do and maybe he can correct the current way of Bang & Olufsen to secure another 90 years while avoiding to degrade the quality.

Sadly, that's indeed all what Mr. Mantoni has achieved. Was this his intention, or was he deliberately kept as limited by the board...

As a formal Telenor Strategy & Digital CEO I presume that Mr. Clausen has lots of experience in the digital systems.

Lets hope this new CEO sees that its not all about aluminium, and invest more in to digital research*. Attracting young engineers with clear visions and idea's, people who are developing again some iconic gear as B&O proudly stands for in the eighties. And hopefully it hasn't to cost € 70.000

*(Looking back to the Moment as a premature child, struggling more then a year to become a more or less stable digital music player.)

Wishing Tue all the best for the future.  I like that he said that he wants now to have a more simpler life. 

I think he did a good job on the whole in a declining market, only time will tell if it was prudent to sell of Ice Power and the Automotive division.  I wonder if this was beneficial to his package now that his retirement

Cant wait for the next chapter.  Interesting times.   

I agree with Michael. Tue had the hardest job in the world. His B&O PLAY idea was brilliant although the outsourcing stripped some of those products of reliability/quality control.

Tue certainly came into that job with real drive and determination. It's a little worrying that even such a talented guy as him couldn't really turn the company around.