Edel AG announced the resignation of its chairman, Joerg Pfuhl, from the supervisory board and appointment of Markus Conrad as Joerg Pfuhl's successor. After the chairman of Edel AG, Dr. Joerg Pfuhl, the Supervisory Board had resigned with effect from October 01, 2016 at his own request. Dr. Joerg Pfuhl is since May 2012 the Supervisory Board of Edel AG and took over in May 2014. chaired. To September 1, 2016 Dr. Joerg Pfuhl has assumed the overall responsibility for the German publishers of Holtzbrinck Publishing Group as CEO and is therefore no longer on the Supervisory Board available.