14-May-2012
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At the start of 2013, Klaus Eberhardt hands over
chairmanship of the Executive Board to Armin Papperger
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Chief Financial Officer Dr. Herbert Müller to be
succeeded by Helmut Merch
In its meeting today, the Supervisory Board of Rheinmetall
AG secured continuity in terms of management personnel in
the Rheinmetall Group early on and thus laid the foundation
for a successful continuation of the strategy of profitable
growth at Rheinmetall.
Klaus Eberhardt (l.) und Dr. Herbert Müller
(r.)
On entering retirement at the beginning of 2013, it is
planned that Klaus Eberhardt (64) will relinquish the chair
of the Executive Board of Rheinmetall AG to Armin Papperger
(49). Armin Papperger has already represented the Defence
division there since the beginning of 2012. Also at the start
of 2013, Dr. Herbert Müller (59) will resign from the
Executive Board of Rheinmetall and hand over his function as
CFO of the Group to Helmut P. Merch (56). Helmut P. Merch,
who is currently responsible for the Defence division as
Chief Financial Officer, is appointed to the Executive Board
of Rheinmetall AG with effect from January 1, 2013.
Klaus Eberhardt, who has managed the Rheinmetall Group as
CEO for 13 years, and Dr. Herbert Müller, who has been
responsible for finance in the Executive Board since the
beginning of 2000, will remain connected to the company.
Klaus Eberhardt remains Chairman of the Supervisory Board
of KSPG AG, the automotive arm of the Rheinmetall Group.
Klaus Greinert, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of
Rheinmetall AG, said: "We are pleased that from 2013, with
Armin Papperger, we will have an internationally
experienced businessman at the top level of management at
Rheinmetall, who has already contributed decisively to the
Group's development. Together with Helmut Merch's many
years of experience as CFO at Rheinmetall, the company will
continue the path successfully pursued by Klaus Eberhardt
and Dr. Herbert Müller with a high level of professionalism
and uninterrupted continuity."
Armin Papperger
Armin Papperger has been part of the Rheinmetall Group since
1990. After various posts in the management of subsidiaries,
he was responsible for Vehicle Systems as well as for the
Weapons and Munitions department in the Defence division
board since 2010. Since the start of 2012, he has been
Chairman of the Defence division board and a member of the
Rheinmetall AG Executive Board. In the past few years, Armin
Papperger has considerably advanced the internationalization
of the Defence business through strategic acquisitions and
the integration of foreign subsidiaries.
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Helmut P. Merch
Helmut P. Merch has worked for the Rheinmetall Group since
1982. From the start, he took on various management tasks at
subsidiaries, including as a Head of Division and Executive
Board member of the former mechanical engineering subsidiary
Jagenberg AG and as Vice-Chairman of the former electronics
subsidiary Aditron AG. Since 2001, he has been Chief
Financial Officer of the Defence division.
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