Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH
Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH: Thomas Schmidt to become third member of the Management Board at Haniel (news with additional features)
DGAP-News: Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH / Key word(s): Change of Personnel Duisburg, 13 January 2017. At today’s meeting of the Supervisory Board of Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH (Haniel), Thomas Schmidt (45) was appointed as the third member of the holding company’s Management Board. The former senior manager at TE Connectivity will take up his new post on 30 January 2017.
Thomas Schmidt is coming from TE Connectivity, where he was President of TE Industrial for six years. Previously, the engineering graduate held various management positions within the General Electric Group. “We are delighted to gain Thomas Schmidt, an internationally and operationally experienced manager,” says Chairman of the Supervisory Board Franz M. Haniel. “His multifaceted experience in various regions of the world and in fields such as digitalisation, innovation and sales will deliver added value for the configuration and management of our portfolio.” Schmidt will strengthen the Management Board for the management of the divisions and the enhancement of the investment portfolio. In this context, he will initially take responsibility for the CWS-boco division and will thus become Chairman of the Shareholder Committee in the joint venture with Rentokil Initial in the future. Haniel signed an agreement with Rentokil Initial to create the joint venture on 15 December 2016. Closing – subject to approval by the antitrust authorities – is expected in mid-2017. Thomas Schmidt
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This release is also available at www.haniel.com. Additional features: Picture: http://newsfeed2.eqs.com/franzhaniel/536317.html Subtitle: Thomas Schmidt Document: http://n.eqs.com/c/fncls.ssp?u=GFVGPNSJKM Document title: 2017-01-13 New Board Member Haniel
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Language: | English |
Company: | Franz Haniel & Cie. GmbH |
Franz-Haniel-Platz 1 | |
47119 Duisburg | |
Germany | |
Phone: | +49 (0)203 806 578 |
Fax: | +49 (0)203 806 80 578 |
E-mail: | dbochert@haniel.de |
Internet: | www.haniel.de |
ISIN: | XS0482703286, XS0459131636 |
WKN: | 601960, A1A6NE |
Listed: | Regulated Market in Hanover; Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Stuttgart; Open Market in Frankfurt |
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