ce CONSUMER ELECTRONIC AG
ce Consumer Electronic AG english
Ad-hoc-announcement transmitted by DGAP.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
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ce CONSUMER ELECTRONIC AG forms a powerful board member team for future growth,
secure succecssion and sets the course for the future
– Erich J. Lejeune pilots ce CONSUMER ELECTRONIC group with a new board member
team to global market leadership in chip-brokerage
– Peter Bohn unanimously appointed board member and Erich Lejeune’s designated
successor by board of directors effective January 1, 2002
– Founding Members of the Board Irene Lejeune and Herbert E. Graus will leave
the Board but remain linked to the group
With a view to the future ce CONSUMER ELECTRONIC AG forges a new Managing
Board. ce’s Board of Directors has succeeded in finding, for the group, in
Peter Bohn (44) a highly qualified and internationally experienced manager as
new Member of the Board and designated successor of Erich J. Lejeune.
Bohn, former Chairman of the Board of ce’s competitor ACG AG, Wiesbaden, takes
up office on January 1, 2002. He will lay emphasis on the strategic tasks of
structuring and consolidation of the group, building-up of new complementary
and profitable business areas, as well as Investor Relations. Lejeune intends
to assume the responsible office of active Chairman of the Board of Directors,
after completing the handover of tasks.
end of ad-hoc-announcement (c)DGAP 05.09.2001
Issuer’s information/explanatory remarks concerning this ad-hoc-announcement:
Simultaneously the two founding Members of the Board Irene Lejeune, Company
Integration and Law, and Herbert E. Graus, Purchasing and Logistics, will
retire from the Board, Mrs. Lejeune effective September 30, 2001 and Mr. Graus
at the end of the year 2001. Irene Lejeune recently contributed greatly to the
successful completion of acquisition of US-based SND Electronics Inc. Since the
foundation of ce CONSUMER ELECTRONIC AG Herbert E. Graus has been responsible
for the area of Purchasing and Logistics which he has built up with great
success. Graus will retire on December 31, 2001 after handing over his
responsibilities to Members of the Board Matthias Knisig and Michael Negel.
Without the longterm and untiring commitment of both founding Members of the
Board the present success of ce CONSUMER ELECTRONIC AG would not have been
possible. Irene Lejeune and Herbert E. Graus will remain closely tied to the
group.
With Peter Bohn, ce CONSUMER ELECTRONIC AG strengthens its powerful leadership
team concentrated around the Chairman of the Board, Erich J. Lejeune, made up
of CFO Friedrich Rettenberger (47), formerly Chief Financial Officer of
Computer 2000 Deutschland GmbH and Member of the Board since June 1, 2001;
Chief Operating Officer and deputy Chairman of the Board Matthias Knisig (42),
former Member of the Board of the German Division of Siemens Nixdorf AG and
latterly globally responsible Manager for the Siemens Group Information and
Communication Mobile and Member of the Board since January 1, 2001; Member of
the Board for Brokerage Michael Negel (38), with 15 years experience in chip
brokerage at ce and Member of the Board since June 1, 2001.
Graduate engineer Bohn was formerly Chairman of the Board of ACG AG, Wiesbaden,
which he established as one of the leading High Tech Brokers through an
international expansion and acquisition strategy. Previously Bohn was a Member
of the Board of Utimaco Safeware AG from 1996; as Chairman of the Board he was
responsible for successfully leading them onto the Stock Exchange in February
1999. Bohn began his career in 1983 as a consultant at Hewlett Packard after
completing his studies in computer engineering and had advanced by 1993 to
become the General Manager Worldwide.
Effective January 1, 2002 the new Board of ce CONSUMER ELECTRONIC AG will be
made up as follows:
ce-Founder and Chairman of the Board Erich J. Lejeune (57)
Board Member and designated Chairman of the Board Peter Bohn (44)
Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Friedrich Rettenberger (47)
Chief Operating Officer (COO) Mathias Knisig (42)
Member of the Board for Brokerage (CBO) Michael Negel (38).
With regard to the new structure of the Board, CEO Erich J. Lejeune stated:
“With the new formed Managing Board, continuity at ce CONSUMER ELECTRONIC AG is
guaranteed in a brilliant way. With Peter Bohn we are now at the pole position
in the global chip trading market.”
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