本·斯塔普尔斯报道：拥有亿万财富的布伦宁克迈尔家族的控股公司任命了一位第六代家族成员担任新任董事长，此举进一步推进了这个欧洲最富有的商业家族的接班计划。
The billionaire Brenninkmeijer family’s holding company has named a sixth-generation member as its new chairman, accelerating the succession plans for one of Europe’s richest business dynasties.
据公司声明，40岁的弗洛里安·布伦宁克迈尔将于4月起出任科弗拉控股集团的董事会主席，同时辞去这家瑞士企业首席财务官的职务。
Florian Brenninkmeyer, 40, is set to become chair of Cofra Holding AG’s board in April, stepping down from his current role as the Swiss firm’s chief financial officer, the company said in a statement.
他将接替现年56岁的马蒂恩·布伦宁克迈尔。后者是科弗拉公司的资深员工，也是这个掌控着服装巨头C&A的荷兰-德国家族的第五代成员，自2018年起便担任控股公司董事长。
He’ll replace Martijn Brenninkmeijer, a 56-year-old Cofra veteran and fifth-generation member of the Dutch-German dynasty behind clothing giant C&A who has served as the holding company’s chair since 2018.
此次人事任命反映出布伦宁克迈尔家族新一代掌权者正逐步接管整个商业帝国，他们试图打破以往仅由家族成员管理家族财富的传统模式。
The appointment highlights how a new generation of leaders is increasingly taking over the Brenninkmeijer business empire as they push to break away from a long-held tradition of just managing family wealth.
在科弗拉旗下，该家族的投资业务涵盖房地产、资产管理及私募股权领域，近十年来这些业务均开始向外部资本开放。目前这家瑞士公司管理的资产总额已超过400亿欧元（约合450亿美元），近年来更因大量外部资金的注入而规模持续扩大。
Grouped under Cofra, the family’s investment divisions include real estate, asset management and private equity, which have all opened to external capital in the past decade or so. The Swiss company now oversees more than €40 billion ($45 billion) of total assets, adding billions within the last few years as it’s attracted larger sums of outside cash.
声明指出，使用不同姓氏拼写的弗洛里安·布伦宁克迈尔将于今年年底卸任科弗拉首席财务官一职，目前尚未确定其继任者。
Florian Brenninkmeyer, who uses a different spelling of his family name, will step down as Cofra’s CFO at year-end, according to the statement. His successor hasn’t been named.