Susanne Witte Settineri manages the US Carl Brandt Inc. enterprise, which imports German food to the USA as a subsidiary of the zwieback producer of the same name. This includes well-known brands like Coppenrath, Feodora, Halloren, Hassia, Kuchenmeister, Mestemacher, Niederegger, and Wawi. Born in Kevelaer on the Lower Rhine, Witte Settineri moved to the USA with her parents in 1968. Following her Bachelor degree in lit erat ure, she started working for the department store John Wanamaker and for Underberg, before joining Carl Brandt in 1989.
Settineri has been on the management board since 2018 and is a member of the German-American Chamber of Commerce in New York.