13.11.2013 – 13:09

Österreichische Post AG

EANS-News: Austrian Post GEORG PÖLZL REAPPOINTED AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF AUSTRIAN POST

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Subtitle: CONTINUITY AND RESOLUTE CONTINUATION OF BUSINESS STRATEGY

Board of Directors (Appointments and Changes)

Vienna (euro adhoc) - At its regular meeting today, the Supervisory Board of
Austrian Post reappointed Georg Pölzl to serve as the Chief Executive Officer
and Chairman of the Management Board of Austrian Post. Mr. Pölzl's current term
of office, which expires on October 1, 2014, will be extended for a three-year
period, with a subsequent extension option on his employment contract for a
further two years.  
"Today's decision by the Supervisory Board is the logical consequence of the
outstanding performance of the company in recent years, both with respect to the
capital market as well as its further structural development", says Rudolf
Kemler, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Austrian Post. "In cooperation with
the management, Georg Pölzl has managed to transform Austrian Post into a modern
and customer-friendly service provider. His reappointment is thus a clear signal
of continuity and a focus on the consistent continuation of the company's
successful business strategy. The Supervisory Board is convinced that Georg
Pölzl will continue to successfully master the challenges posed by the
constantly changing postal market."
"Our clear objective remains keeping the long-established company Austrian Post
fit for the future", states CEO Georg Pölzl. "We have to take advantage of
profitable growth opportunities, but also increase efficiency and reduce costs
on an ongoing basis. Our business operations must be even more strongly oriented
to our customers. The Management Board along with our top executives and all
employees will also succeed in achieving this goal in the future". 

Georg Pölzl
Georg Pölzl was born in 1957. He earned his Ph.D at the Leoben University of
Mining. He started his professional career as a management consultant at
McKinsey & Co. He then joined the board of Binder & Co AG, a machinery and
processing plant construction company. Subsequently, Mr. Pölzl was the head of
T-Mobile Austria in Vienna for nine years. He continued his career in Germany as
a special commissioner to the management board of Deutsche Telekom, where he was
charge of implementing the successful restructuring programme. He later joined
T-Mobile Germany to work as the spokesperson of the board. Georg Pölzl was
appointed to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of Austrian Post in October
2009.


Further inquiry note:
Österreichische Industrieholding AG
Bernhard Nagiller
Spokesperson of ÖIAG 
Dresdner Straße 87
A-1201 Vienna
Tel.: +43/1/711 14-240
Email:  bernhard.nagiller@oiag.co.at
		
Austrian Post
Ingeborg Gratzer
Head of Media & Internal Communications
Tel.: +43 (0) 57767-24730 
ingeborg.gratzer@post.at

Austrian Post
Harald Hagenauer
Head of Investor Relations & Corporate Governance
Tel.: +43 (0) 57767-30400 
harald.hagenauer@post.at

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company:     Österreichische Post AG
             Haidingergasse  1
             A-1030 Wien
phone:       +43 (0)57767-0
mail:         investor@post.at
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sector:      Transport
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