Dec 22, 2008. /Lesprom.com/. With effect as of January 1, 2009, Pawel Wyrzykowski has been appointed as a new member of the Executive Board of Pfleiderer AG. He will have Executive Board responsibility for the Eastern Europe region as well as for the functions of Sales, Marketing and Product Strategy.

Pawel Wyrzykowski appointed member of the Pfleiderer Executive Board as of January 1, 2009

Dec 22, 2008. /Lesprom.com/. With effect as of January 1, 2009, Pawel Wyrzykowski has been appointed as a new member of the Executive Board of Pfleiderer AG, the company said in a statement received by Lesprom Network. He will have Executive Board responsibility for the Eastern Europe region as well as for the functions of Sales, Marketing and Product Strategy. Wojciech Gątkiewicz has been appointed as his successor as the Chairman of the Executive Board (CEO) of Pfleiderer Grajewo S.A., Poland, a subsidiary of Pfleiderer AG. As previously announced in April 2008, Executive Board member Michael Ernst is to retire from the Executive Board of his own volition on the grounds of age when his current period of appointment expires at the end of January 2009. His area of responsibility, Human Resources, will be taken over by Executive Board Chairman Hans H. Overdiek, who in this context has also been appointed as Labor Relations Director by the Supervisory Board of Pfleiderer AG with effect as of February 1, 2009. Ernst’s responsibilities for the Western Europe region and for the IT function will be transferred to Dr. Robert Hopperdietzel. CFO Heiko Graeve will additionally take over responsibility for Legal Affairs & Insurance from Ernst. Wyrzykowski, who has previously held various positions at the Pfleiderer Group and has been active for Pfleiderer in Eastern Europe since 1998, was already appointed as a member of the Executive Board in April 2008. In the future, Wyrzykowski will also hold the position of Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Pfleiderer Grajewo S.A. Since 2003, he has been CEO of that company, and will be succeeded in that position by Wojciech Gątkiewicz as of January 1, 2009. Simultaneously, 47-year-old Gątkiewicz will also become CEO of Pfleiderer Prospan S.A., a subsidi-ary of Pfleiderer Grajewo S.A.