Cologne, June 24, 2025. Denis Völler has been named Managing Director of Der Grüne Punkt – Duales System Deutschland GmbH replacing Jörg Deppmeyer.
In an internal company move that was planned last year Denis Völler is now taking over the full responsibility for the licensing business of Der Grüne Punkt within the GreenDot Group. Denis has been with the company for more than five years and was responsible as Vice-President for trading and procurement activities and as Managing Director for the JV TriPlast in Austria. Denis has a business law background with an MBA and held previous positions in marketing, finance and procurement before joining GreenDot.
Jörg Deppmeyer is leaving the company after seven successful years.
On behalf of the Group's management, CEO Laurent Auguste thanks Jörg Deppmeyer for his performance and leadership in recent years and welcomes Denis in his new role, driving further the development of the company’s the licensing growth together.
Quote Laurent Auguste, GreenDot CEO:
“I want to warmly thank Jörg for his tremendous contribution to GreenDot and his leadership, including in the past two years that have proven to be both difficult and transformative ones in the industry. I wish him great success in his future activities. I am very pleased that the succession with younger talents such as Denis can be organized smoothly. Denis has proven that he is ready to step up to larger responsibilities. I know that he will be a renewed source of the energy and positive ambition that has characterized Der Grüne Punkt in its almost 35 years of leadership for the circular economy of packaging. He will contribute to writing the next page of history for the Extended Producer Responsibility sector by focusing on providing increased tangible value to the brand owners we work for.”
Quote Denis Völler:
“I am extremely proud to take on this new role as Managing Director of Der Grüne Punkt and will ensure my commitment towards our company, its employees, customers and suppliers at the highest level in these challenging but promising times. Germany needs to remain strong as a leader in the EU and global circular economy space and the new German political coalition is very much supporting this.”