27.03.2018
KION GROUP AG DE000KGX8881
DGAP-News: Anke Groth to be the new CFO at KION GROUP AG
DGAP-News: KION GROUP AG / Key word(s): Change of Personnel
Anke Groth to be the new CFO at KION GROUP AG (news with additional
features)
27.03.2018 / 12:00
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
* Highly experienced CFO with in-depth knowledge of IR and M&A
* Chairman of the Supervisory Board John Feldmann: "Financial specialist
with international experience and capital markets expertise"
Frankfurt/Main, March 27, 2018 - The Supervisory Board of KION GROUP AG has
appointed Anke Groth (47) as a member of the Executive Board for a term of
five years starting June 1, 2018. As a member of the Group's Executive
Board, Anke Groth will be responsible for finance, which encompasses not
only controlling, accounting, tax, corporate finance, and legal but also
investor relations, M&A activities, and IT. In addition, she is taking on
the role of Labor Relations Director and will therefore be in charge of
human resources and HSE. She succeeds Thomas Toepfer, who is leaving the
Company on March 31, 2018 at his own request to become CFO at Covestro.
Anke Groth became CFO at E.ON UK plc. in 2016. She has had various
managerial roles at energy company E.ON since 2006, both in E.ON SE group
management and at operating subsidiaries in Germany and abroad. These posts
included Senior Vice President of Investor Relations at E.ON SE, CFO at E.ON
España S.L, Vice President of M&A at E.ON AG, and Vice President of
International Management Consultancy at E.ON Ruhrgas AG. Before joining
E.ON, she worked as a corporate development project manager at VEW AG,
Dortmund. Anke Groth has a degree in business administration.
John Feldmann, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of KION GROUP AG, said: "We
are delighted that, in Anke Groth, we have found an experienced financial
specialist for our Executive Board. Ms. Groth has an extensive international
background and capital markets expertise."
Gordon Riske, Chief Executive Officer of the KION Group, said: "Anke Groth
is a highly experienced CFO with a strong track record in capital markets
communication, numerous M&A processes, and close cooperation with employee
representatives during integration and transformation processes. Her
appointment will ensure a high degree of continuity in our successful
finance function. I very much look forward to working with her."
Website: kiongroup.com/mediasite
Twitter: @kion_group
The Company
The KION Group is a global leader in industrial trucks, related services and
supply chain solutions. Across more than 100 countries worldwide, the KION
Group designs, builds and supports logistics solutions that optimize
material and information flow within factories, warehouses and distribution
centers. The Group is the largest manufacturer of industrial trucks in
Europe, the second-largest producer of forklifts globally and a leading
provider of warehouse automation.
The KION Group's world-renowned brands are clear industry leaders. Dematic,
the newest addition to the KION Group, is a global leader in automated
material handling, providing a comprehensive range of intelligent supply
chain and automation solutions. The Linde and STILL brands serve the premium
industrial truck segment. Baoli focuses on industrial trucks in the economy
segment. Among KION's regional industrial truck brand companies, Fenwick is
the largest supplier of material handling products in France, while OM STILL
is a market leader in Italy, and OM Voltas is a leading provider of
industrial trucks in India.
With an installed base of more than 1.3 million industrial trucks and over
6,000 installed systems, the KION Group's customer base includes companies
in all industries and of all sizes on six continents. The Group has more
than 31,000 employees and generated revenue of around EUR7.7 billion in
2017.
Disclaimer
This document and the information contained herein are for information
purposes only and do not constitute a prospectus or an offer to sell or a
solicitation of an offer to buy any securities in the United States or in
any other jurisdiction.
This release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to various
risks and uncertainties. Future results could differ materially from those
described in these forward-looking statements due to certain factors, e.g.
changes in business, economic and competitive conditions, regulatory
reforms, results of technical studies, foreign exchange rate fluctuations,
uncertainties in litigation or investigative proceedings, and the
availability of financing. We do not undertake any responsibility to update
the forward-looking statements in this release.
Further information for the media
Michael Hauger
Senior Vice President Corporate Communications
Tel: +49 (0)69 201 107 655
Mobile: +49 (0)151 1686 5550
[email protected]
Frank Brandmaier
Senior Director Corporate Media Relations
Tel: +49 (0)69 201 107 752
[email protected]
Further information for investors
Dr Karoline Jung-Senssfelder
Vice President, Head of Investor Relations and M&A
Tel: +49 (0)69 201 107 450
[email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Additional features:
Picture: http://newsfeed2.eqs.com/kion/669143.html
Subtitle: Anke Groth
Document: http://n.eqs.com/c/fncls.ssp?u=DHNFUIYRTY
Document title: Download press release as PDF
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
27.03.2018 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP - a
service of EQS Group AG.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements,
Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases.
Archive at www.dgap.de
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Language: English
Company: KION GROUP AG
Thea-Rasche-Straße 8
60549 Frankfurt/Main
Germany
Phone: +49 69 20110-0
E-mail: [email protected]
Internet: www.kiongroup.com
ISIN: DE000KGX8881
WKN: KGX888
Indices: MDAX
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated
Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover,
Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
End of News DGAP News Service
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
669143 27.03.2018
|
Weitere Ad-hoc und Unternehmensrelevante Mitteilungen zu
KION GROUP AG ISIN: DE000KGX8881 können Sie bei EQS abrufen
Maschinen-/Anlagenbau , KGX888 , KGX , XETR:KGX