Barry Callebaut rises on new CEO appointment

Barry Callebaut AG

21/01/2026 09:00

** Swiss chocolate maker Barry Callebaut BARN.S shares rise close to 5% after it appointed Hein Schumacher as CEO, succeeding Peter Feld

** Hein Schumacher, who steered Unilever ULVR.L until his ousting last year, will start working at the Swiss firm from Monday next week

** "Trust in the previous leadership had been eroded for about a year, so a CEO change was long overdue," Vontobel says, as it ups its rating to "buy" from "hold"

** Barry Callebaut tops Switzerland's midcaps index .SMIM

(Reporting by Tristan Veyet in Gdansk)

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