AURELIUS CFO Steffen Schiefer stepping down with immediate effect for health reasons

Munich, September 1, 2020 - Steffen Schiefer has stepped down from his position as Chief Financial Officer of AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA (ISIN DE000A0JK2A8) for health reasons with immediate effect. The Supervisory Board of AURELIUS Management SE is already engaged in the search for a new Chief Financial Officer and will announce a decision in due course. Until then, Mr. Schiefer's previous duties will be taken over on an interim basis by the other four members of the Executive Board.

Steffen Schiefer has been with AURELIUS Group since 2008 and initially helped to build up the finance department as Director of Finance. As Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since 2012, he was responsible for internal and external accounting as well as valuation, taxes, treasury and internal auditing. He has been Chief Financial Officer on the Executive Board of AURELIUS Equity Opportunities since December 1, 2017.

"We greatly regret Mr. Schiefer's departure and thank him very much for his many years of tireless commitment and cooperation in building AURELIUS Group. We wish him all the best and lots of strength," says Dirk Roesing, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of AURELIUS Management SE.

 

ABOUT AURELIUS

AURELIUS Group is a pan-European investment group with offices in Munich, London, Stockholm, Madrid and Amsterdam. Since it was founded in 2006, AURELIUS has grown from a local turnaround investor to an international multi-asset manager.

AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA (ISIN: DE000A0JK2A8, ticker symbol: AR4) is the listed entity within AURELIUS Group and focuses on investing in mid-market corporate carve-outs and platform build-ups in a broad range of industries. With a team of approximately 100 in-house operations experts, AURELIUS actively supports its portfolio companies in their long-term development. AURELIUS Equity Opportunities currently has 24 portfolio companies located across Europe which employ around 13,000 people and generate annual revenues of approx. EUR 3.0 billion. The shares of AURELIUS Equity Opportunities are traded on all German stock exchanges.

AURELIUS Group also operates in the areas of growth capital, real estate opportunities and debt. AURELIUS Growth Capital invests in leveraged buyouts usually in succession or corporate spin-off situations. AURELIUS Real Estate Opportunities focuses on real estate investments, the value of which can be increased in the long-term by means of active management. AURELIUS Finance Company is an alternative direct lender, focused on providing flexible debt solutions to small and mid-market firms across Europe.

With its group charity AURELIUS Refugee Initiative e.V., AURELIUS provides comprehensive support for refugees on their way towards a better life.

To find out more, visit www.aureliusinvest.de.

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