Former WSA leader Eric Bernard to succeed Arnd Kaldowski as Sonova CEO
After successfully leading Sonova as CEO for nearly eight years, Arnd Kaldowski has decided to step down as CEO effective September 30, 2025, due to health-related matters affecting a family member, marking a planned transition in Sonova's leadership.

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Having just announced market share gains across all businesses for the financial year 2024/25, Switzerland-based hearing aid giant Sonova has divulged a coming change at the top of its management structure. And the new leader is a familiar face in the industry.
Sonova has given its CEO post to Eric Bernard, who served from 2019 to 2024 as CEO of WS Audiology. He will join Sonova on July 1, 2025, and assume full responsibilities as CEO by October 1, 2025.
[caption id="attachment_140227" align="alignleft" width="132"] Kaldowski has personal reasons for leaving his post as CEO of Sonova© Sonova[/caption]
Arnd Kaldowski, the current CEO, who is stepping down because of an illness in the family, will remain available to the Group in an advisory capacity until June...
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