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DGI: new composition of Supervisory and executive boards

After being approved for trading on the primary market of the Düsseldorf Bourse in November, Geothermische Immobilien AG (DGI) has been obliged to make changes in its executive and Supervisory boards in order to measure up to the required standards of transparency.

The two newcomers to the Supervisory Board of the geothermic development concern are Marcus Opitz and former chair of the executive board of PNE, Martin Billhardt. In recent years, both have measured up to the positions of CEO and CFO, and both have the required familiarity with the real estate market. Christian Langbein will continue in his present position on the board. Marcus Opitz will become chair.

The executive board has been extended to include the post of CFO. The new appointee is Stefan Bieber. After a period as branch manager of DeutscheBank, and Vice President of Merrill Lynch, Bieber was Director of Credit Suisse Germany immediately prior to joining DGI.

PSI: Farewells in the Supervisory Board

At year’s end, the chair of the Supervisory Board of PSI AG will stand down. A spokesperson for the Prime Standard-listed software house announced that Rolf Windmöller is resigning for health reasons. PSI will apply to the court to appoint a successor to serve out the remainder of his mandate.

Heliocentris: quick change

Sabine Kauper has been appointed the new CFO of Heliocentris Energy Solutions AG. Kauper, whose appointment to the Prime Standard listed company becomes effective from 2016, resigned from the executive board of SKW Metallurgie in October. The other members of the executive board of the distributor of energy management systems are CEO Ayad Abul-Ella and CTO Hernik Colell. From 2007 to 2011, Kauper was CFO in TecDax-listed Phoenix Solar AG, and from 2014 to 2015 CFO in steel manufacturer SKW Stahl-Metallurgie, where previously she had been a member of the Supervisory Board.