Friedrich Schneider to step down from Executive Board ARCADIS
ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the world's leading natural and built asset design
and consultancy firm, today announced that, Dr. Friedrich Schneider will step
down from the Executive Board at the end of his second term at the ARCADIS
General Shareholder Meeting on May 16, 2014. After 8 intensive and successful
years, Friedrich Schneider will pursue new challenges outside ARCADIS. After his
departure the Executive Board will consist of Neil McArthur (CEO), Renier Vree
(CFO), Stephanie Hottenhuis and Zack Smith. The procedure to fill the vacancy
has started.
Friedrich Schneider joined the Executive Board of ARCADIS in May 2006. During
his tenure he was responsible for the operations in South America, USA, Europe,
the Middle East, for the Global Business Line Infrastructure and for Health and
Safety. Before that, he worked in several management positions in Germany at
Metallgesellschaft, Preussag and Bilfinger, where he gained broad international
experience. He graduated from the State University of New York and obtained a
PhD (Economics) at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. About
his departure he said: "I really enjoyed working for ARCADIS - a great company
with a compelling portfolio of value propositions, lots of market opportunities
and great people. After 8 successful years, this is the right time to move on
and to select a new professional challenge".
"Together with my colleagues we would like to thank Friedrich for his
contribution to the growth and performance that ARCADIS has achieved in recent
years. We have made strong progress in part thanks to his contributions," said
Neil McArthur, CEO of ARCADIS.
For more information please contact Joost Slooten at +31 (0) 20 2011083, or
outside office hours at +31 (0) 6 27061880 or joost.slooten@arcadis.com
About ARCADIS: ARCADIS is the leading global natural and built asset design and
consultancy firm working in partnership with our clients to deliver exceptional
and sustainable outcomes through the application of design, consultancy,
engineering, project and management services. ARCADIS differentiates through its
talented and passionate people and its unique combination of capabilities
covering the whole asset life cycle, its deep market sector insights and its
ability to integrate health & safety and sustainability into the design and
delivery of solutions across the globe. We are 22,000 people that generate €2.5
billion in revenues. We support UN-Habitat with knowledge and expertise to
improve the quality of life in rapidly growing cities around the world. Please
visit: www.arcadis.com
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