The Supervisory Board of Francotyp-Postalia Holding AG has appointed Mr. Rüdiger Andreas Günther as Member of the Management Board, CEO and CFO with effect of 11 January 2016. Born in 1958 Günther succeeds Mr. Hans Szymanski whose appointment was terminated effective immediately in best mutual agreement. Günther began his career in 1985 at today's Bank of America in Chicago /USA. With the experience gained, he took over the finance department at Metro AG and initiated the expansion of the company from wholesale into retail. In 1993 he moved to the Claas KGaA. During his 13 years as CFO and CEO, Claas developed from a small mid-sized mechanical engineering company to Europe's large agricultural machinery
manufacturer with multi-billion in revenues and a global presence.