BayWa AG
Turners & Growers: appointing of new Chief Executive Officer and new members to the Board of Directors
BayWa AG / Key word(s): Change of Personnel Turners & Growers: appointing of new Chief Executive Officer and new members to the Board of Directors Geoff Hipkins is the new Chief Executive Officer of Turners & Growers, New Zealand’s leading distributor, marketer and exporter of premium fresh fruit. Turners & Growers was taken over at the start of March by Munich-based BayWa AG, an international trading and services group. Sir John Anderson and John Wilson have been newly appointed to the Board of Directors. Harald Hamster-Egerer, in charge of Central Controlling at BayWa, is to join the management of Turners & Growers as Chief Financial Officer, and Dr. Philipp Wahl, BayWa’s head of Corporate Business Development to date, is to join as Chief Operating Officer. Geoff Hipkins was formerly Chief Executive Officer of the Oceania Group Ltd in New Zealand and has many years of experience in managing trading companies, including positions in the food industry. Sir John Anderson is Chairman of the New Zealand Venture Investment Fund, PGG Wrightson and NPT Limited. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. John Wilson is a director at Fonterra, a leading international dairy company based in New Zealand. Dr. Philipp Wahl joined BayWa in 2009. His main responsibilities have included corporate business development and logistics. Contact: Marion Danneboom, BayWa AG, Head of PR/Corporate Communication, tel. +49 (0)89/92 22-36 80, Fax +49 (0)89/92 22-36 98, e-mail: marion.danneboom@baywa.de End of Corporate News 03.04.2012 Dissemination of a Corporate News, transmitted by DGAP – a company of EquityStory AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. DGAP’s Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de |
Language: | English | |
Company: | BayWa AG | |
Arabellastraße 4 | ||
81925 München | ||
Germany | ||
Phone: | 089/ 9222-3691 | |
Fax: | 089/ 9222-3698 | |
E-mail: | marion.danneboom@baywa.de | |
Internet: | www.baywa.de | |
ISIN: | DE0005194062, DE0005194005, | |
WKN: | 519406, 519400, | |
Indices: | MDAX | |
Listed: | Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), München; Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Hannover, Stuttgart | |
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