Changed Supervisory Board and Board of Management composition

The following changes were made to the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Post AG in 2008: Effective 6 May 2008, employee representatives Frank von Alten-Bockum, Marion Deutsch, Dirk Marx, Silke Oualla-Weiß and Margrit Wendt left the Supervisory Board, Heinrich Josef Busch, Thomas Koczelnik, Anke Kufalt, Andreas Schädler and Helga Thiel were newly elected and Wolfgang Abel, Rolf Bauermeister, Annette Harms, Andrea Kocsis and Stefanie Weckesser were re-elected. Prof. Dr Wulf von Schimmelmann was appointed member of the Supervisory Board by the court on 6 August 2007 and on 6 May 2008 was appointed shareholder representative for five years by the 2008 AGM. At the Supervisory Board meeting on 16 December 2008, he was elected chairman of the Supervisory Board effective 1 January 2009 and Andrea Kocsis was confirmed as deputy chair. Ingrid Matthäus-Maier resigned her seat effective 31 August 2008. On 1 September, Dr Ulrich Schröder was appointed to the Supervisory Board by the court as a shareholder representative. The appointment will be submitted to the shareholders for ratification at the AGM on 21 April, 2009. Dr Jürgen Weber resigned his seat on the Supervisory Board and thus his position as chairman as at 31 December 2008.

The following changes occurred on the company’s Board of Management: On 18 February 2008, Dr Klaus Zumwinkel resigned from office. The Supervisory Board accepted his resignation and, on the same day, unanimously appointed Dr Frank Appel as new chairman of the Board of Management. Dr Frank Appel initially assumed responsibility for the chairman’s board department in addition to his previous duties. Bruce Edwards and Hermann Ude were appointed members of the Board of Management effective 4 March 2008. Dr Wolfgang Klein stepped down from his position on the Board of Management of Deutsche Post until further notice effective 25 June 2008, and Dr Frank Appel assumed responsibility for the FINANCIAL SERVICES Division for this period in addition to his other duties as chairman of the Board of Management. On 10 November 2008, Dr Wolfgang Klein resigned his seat on the Board of Management of Deutsche Post AG.

Company in compliance with all recommendations of the German Corporate Governance Code

In December 2008, the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board submitted an updated Declaration of Conformity pursuant to Section 161 of the Aktiengesetz (Germany stock corporation act) and published it on the company’s website. The previous declarations can also be viewed on this website. In financial year 2008, Deutsche Post AG complied with all recommendations of the German Corporate Governance Code as amended on 14 June 2007. The company plans to continue complying with the recommendations of the Code as amended on 6 June 2008. Further information on corporate governance within the company, including the remuneration of the Board of Management and the Supervisory Board members, is contained in the Corporate Governance Report on page 114.

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