EANS-Adhoc: RHI AG Changes in the Management Board
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Board of Directors (Appointments and Changes)
12.06.2013
RHI AG announces that the Management Board members Giorgio Cappelli, CSO (Chief
Sales Officer) Steel Division, and Manfred Hödl, CSO Industrial Division and CTO
(Chief Technical Officer), will resign from the Management Board of RHI AG by
mutual consent at the end of June 30, 2013. They will, however, be available to
the company in the future in an advisory capacity.
At an extraordinary Supervisory Board meeting on June 12, 2013, the nomination
committee of the Supervisory Board of RHI AG will propose to appoint Reinhold
Steiner to the Management Board as Chief Sales Officer Steel Division and Franz
Buxbaum as Chief Operations Officer with effect from July 1, 2013. The function
of the Chief Sales Officer Industrial Division will be taken over by CEO Struzl.
Franz Buxbaum, 57, completed his studies of technical physics at the Graz
University of Technology and then worked for Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG, Böhler
Ges.m.b.H. and Tyrolit Schleifmittelwerke. In 1997 he joined RHI AG and held
management positions in research and production. Mr. Buxbaum has been Chief
Operations Officer at RHI AG since 2012.
Reinhold Steiner, 48, studied petroleum engineering at the University of Leoben,
then joined the Voestalpine Group and held several management positions in the
Middle East and Austria. In the year 2012, Mr. Steiner joined the RHI Group and
assumed the function of the divisional manager of the sales region CIS in the
Steel Division.
Further inquiry note:
RHI AG
Investor Relations
Mag. Simon Kuchelbacher
Tel: +43-1-50213-6676
Email: simon.kuchelbacher@rhi-ag.com
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issuer: RHI AG
Wienerbergstrasse 9
A-1100 Wien
phone: +43 (0)50213-6123
FAX: +43 (0)50213-6130
mail: rhi@rhi-ag.com
WWW: http://www.rhi-ag.com
sector: Refractories
ISIN: AT0000676903
indexes: ATX Prime, ATX
stockmarkets: official market: Wien
language: English