Wienerberger stock gets permanent CEO ahead of results

Published on 11/11/2026 at 18:44 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS

Wienerberger stock has a permanent CEO ahead of its nine-month results. Gerhard Hanke will lead the group through weak demand and rising costs.

Leadership change before key results

Gerhard Hanke has moved from interim to permanent CEO after a succession process that began in August.
Wienerberger will publish nine-month results and update investors on its strategic review and cost measures on November 12.
Management is working against weaker construction demand and higher energy, raw-material and logistics costs.

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Wienerberger has appointed Gerhard Hanke as chief executive with immediate effect, adding a permanent leadership decision ahead of the building-materials group's nine-month results. The appointment was announced on Wednesday, November 11, by Wienerberger's EQS News announcement.

Hanke takes permanent leadership role

Hanke had served as interim CEO since August, after former chief executive Heimo Scheuch ended his contract early for health reasons. The supervisory board said the structured succession process considered internal and external candidates before selecting Hanke.

Hanke has spent more than 25 years at Wienerberger. He was chief financial officer from 2021 to 2025, became chief operating officer for Central and East in March 2025 and then took the interim CEO role. His previous regional responsibilities will be distributed across the broader leadership team, while CFO Dagmar Steinert and COO West Harald Schwarzmayr remain on the management board.

Results will test the new setup

The leadership decision comes one day before Wienerberger publishes results for the first nine months of 2026 and updates investors on its strategic review and accelerated cost-optimisation programme. The group previously reduced its 2026 operating EBITDA outlook to 640 million to 650 million euros after weaker seasonal construction activity and higher energy, raw-material and logistics costs.

Hanke said the group is facing weak demand across key markets, rising costs and a challenging new-build environment. For investors, the next update should show whether the planned cost measures are beginning to offset pressure on residential construction while renovation and infrastructure activity remain comparatively steadier.

Wienerberger stock traded at 17.29 euros on Lang & Schwarz at 18:37 CET on Wednesday, November 11, 2026. Compared with 17.53 euros at 11:01 CET on the same day, the quote was 1.37% lower. The earlier quote appeared in the previous Wienerberger report.