Ernst Tanner (born 24 July 1946) is a Swiss manager and entrepreneur.
He is Chairman of the Board of the chocolate manufacturer Lindt & Sprüngli.
[1] In 1993 he joined Lindt & Sprüngli as a CEO and the next year he also assumed as its Chairman of the Board of Directors, for many years holding both mandates as a double mandate.
[2] Since his involvement in the Company, the revenue of the chocolate manufacturer has surged considerably.
[3] He has been Vice President of the Board of Directors since 2011, where he was a member since 2002 and since 2014, Chairman of the Compensation Committee of the Swatch Group.