Klaus Hofer to join the Executive Board of the KION Group
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Klaus Hofer to join the Executive Board of the KION Group
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* Responsible for Human Resources, Legal and Internal Audit
* Also appointed as Labour Relations Director
Wiesbaden, 29 July 2011 - The Supervisory Board of KION Group GmbH has appointed
Klaus Hofer (53) to the Executive Board of KION Group GmbH. He will also be the
Group's Labour Relations Director. In this newly created position, he will be
responsible for the Human Resources, Legal and Internal Audit functions, which
are currently headed up by KION's CFO Harald Pinger. Klaus Hofer is due to
assume his new responsibilities on 1 October this year.
"We are delighted to have secured the services of an expert personnel manager",
said Gordon Riske, Chief Executive Officer of the KION Group. "His pioneering HR
work in his previous positions has been highly successful. This extensive
experience will enable him to significantly strengthen the role of personnel
management in the KION Group. He will also be in charge of the Legal and
Internal Audit functions."
The Supervisory Board was delighted to be able to appoint an expert with a
proven HR track record to the KION Group's Executive Board. "HR is taking on an
increasingly important role", emphasised Johannes Huth, Chairman of the
Supervisory Board. "The KION Group's most valuable resources are its employees
and managers."
"I look forward to taking up my new position at KION and to working with the
Company's employees, managers and employee representatives", said Klaus Hofer.
"As Labour Relations Director with responsibility for Human Resources as well as
for the Legal and Internal Audit functions, I want to contribute to the KION
Group's continued success and further enhance the attractiveness of the KION
Group and its brand companies as an employer. In doing so, I will cooperate
closely with my Executive Board colleagues Gordon Riske, Harald Pinger and Otmar
Hauck."
Klaus Hofer is currently Director of Human Resources at Heidelberger
Druckmaschinen AG. Between 1995 and 2008 he was employed at B. Braun Melsungen
AG, initially as Director of the central HR & Legal division and, from 1996, as
a member of the Management Board and Labour Relations Director with
responsibility for Human Resources, Labour Relations and Legal
Affairs/Compliance. A trained lawyer, Klaus Hofer's previous roles include
General Counsel at Rheinmetall Berlin AG and positions at BHF-Bank. He studied
law at the Ruhr University Bochum and commercial law at the London School of
Economics and Political Sciences.
The Company
The KION Group with its six brands - Linde, STILL, Fenwick, OM, Baoli and Voltas
- is Europe's market leader for industrial trucks, the global number two in the
industry and the leading international supplier in China. In 2010, the KION
Group employed around 20,000 people and generated revenue of more than €3.5
billion.
For further information please contact
Michael Hauger
Head of Communications and Investor Relations
Tel.: +49 (0)611 770 655
Email michael.hauger@kiongroup.com
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