EANS-News: Semperit AG Holding Expands Management Board
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Board of Directors (Appointments and Changes)
Wien (euro adhoc) - Declan Daly (47) was appointed by the Supervisory Board to
serve as a Member of the Management Board of Semperit AG Holding for a period of
three years effective June 1, 2014.
Declan Daly will assume responsibility for all IT operations, general process
optimisation and business excellence. Declan Daly most recently held the
position of Vice President for Europe at Western Union Financial Services, a
global financial services provider, and also worked for many years in the field
of financial services on behalf of General Electric Corporation, including the
position of CEO of GE Money Bank in Vienna. Declan Daly previously served as
project manager for process automation at Asea Brown Boveri in Ireland and
Austria. He received his Bachelor's degree in electronic engineering at Dublin
City University and completed an MBA program at INSEAD Business School in
Fontainebleau.
As a result, the Management Board of Semperit AG Holding will consist of four
members starting on June 1, 2014: Thomas Fahnemann (Chairman of the Management
Board and Chief Executive Officer - CEO), Johannes Schmidt-Schultes (Chief
Financial Officer - CFO), Richard Ehrenfeldner (Chief Technical Officer - CTO)
and Declan Daly (Chief Information Officer- CIO).
About Semperit
The publicly listed company Semperit AG Holding is an internationally-oriented
group that develops, produces, and sells highly specialised rubber and plastic
products for the medical and industrial sectors: examination and surgical
gloves, hydraulic and industrial hoses, conveyor belts, escalator handrails,
construction profiles, cable car rings, and products for railway
superstructures. The headquarters of this long-standing Austrian company, which
was founded in 1824, are located in Vienna, and the global R & D centre is in
Wimpassing, Lower Austria. The Semperit Group employs more than 10,000 people
worldwide, including more than 7,000 in Asia and more than 700 in Austria. The
Group has 22 manufacturing facilities worldwide and numerous sales offices in
Europe, Asia, and America. In 2012 the group generated sales of EUR 829 million
and an EBITDA of EUR 109 million.
Further inquiry note:
Martina Büchele
Head of Group Communications
Tel.: +43 676 8715 8621
martina.buechele@semperitgroup.comwww.semperitgroup.com
Stefan Marin
Investor Relations
Tel.: +43 676 8715 8210
stefan.marin@semperitgroup.com
end of announcement euro adhoc
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company: Semperit AG Holding
Modecenterstrasse 22
A-1030 Wien
phone: +43 1 79 777-210
FAX: +43 1 79 777-602
mail: investor@semperitgroup.com
WWW: www.semperitgroup.com
sector: Synthetics & Plastics
ISIN: AT0000785555
indexes: WBI, ATX Prime, ViDX, Prime Market, ATX Global Players
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English