Summary:
WSA announced that Carsten Buhl, president of the Americas Region and executive board member, will leave the company on August 31, 2025, to pursue a new career.

Key Takeaways:

  1. Carsten Buhl has held leadership roles at WSA since 2019, including overseeing the Americas Region since 2022.
  2. WSA praised Buhl’s leadership and contributions, noting the departure is on positive terms.
  3. The company has begun the search for his successor ahead of his planned departure.

WSA, a hearing healthcare group, today announced that Carsten Buhl, member of the executive committee and executive board of WSA, and president of its Americas Region, has decided to pursue a new career outside WSA and to leave the company on August 31, 2025.

Buhl joined WSA in 2019, where he first served as president of the EMEA-LATAM-Canada region, next to being a member of WSA’s Group Management Team. In 2022 he was appointed president of the Americas Region.

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“We are sorry to see Carsten go and will certainly miss his constructive leadership style, as well as his deep insights into the hearing care market,” says WSA CEO Jan Makela. “We are happy for him as we part ways on positive terms. We are grateful for his many contributions to our company, and we wish him every success!”

Buhl shared, “I am proud of my journey at WSA and what we have achieved together working with a fantastic group of highly motivated colleagues. From the merger in 2019 and the many integration activities, the onset of the pandemic across the EMEA-LATAM-Canada region, and the last three years as the leader of the Americas region, it has been a fantastic experience.”

WSA has started the search for Buhl’s successor.

About WSA

WSA is a global hearing healthcare group that operates in over 130 markets and employs more than 12,500 people across its brand platforms, Widex and Signia, and a global network of hearing care professionals and consumer-facing businesses. WSA is privately owned by the Tøpholm and Westermann families, the Lundbeck Foundation, EQT, and ATHOS KG. Learn more at www.wsa.com.