The Zur Rose Group nominates three new board members

The Zur Rose Group is nominating Tobias Hartmann, Dr. Christian Mielsch and Florian Seubert as new members of the Board of Directors and proposing them for election at the General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on 23 May 2019. The nomination is intended to add proven expertise in technology, trading and finance to the company's highest board.As  part of the positioning of the Zur Rose Group as a comprehensive, integrated healthcare platform and its associated further development as an e-commerce-oriented company, the Board of Directors has decided to propose to the Annual General Meeting that the Board of Directors be increased from six to seven members. In the view of the Board of Directors, the three candidates will ideally complement the Board. As already communicated, Dr. Heinz O. Baumgartner and Vanessa Frey are retiring from the Board of Directors. Tobias Hartmann, CEO of Scout24 AG, has more than two decades of international management experience in the market launch, development and growth of businesses in the consumer products and (e-commerce) platform solutions sector. He has worked for both private and publicly listed companies in Europe and the USA. Dr. Christian Mielsch, Member of the Management Board and CFO of the REWE Group, is a proven expert, most notably in M&A and retail finance and controlling, after having held consecutive positions involving financial responsibility in groups operating on an international scale before joining REWE, among others at the Metro Group. As co-founder of the e-commerce company zooplus AG, Florian Seubert has broad entrepreneurial experience. He is regarded as an expert in e-commerce and in his current function as an independent professional investor and investment manager. Prof. Stefan Feuerstein, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Zur Rose Group, is delighted: "In Tobias Hartmann, Dr. Christian Mielsch and Florian Seubert we have three top-class business representatives who we can nominate to the Board of Directors of the Zur Rose Group, and who will contribute to the success of the company with their broad know-how and long-standing experience in management functions."