Horst Keil Joins Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA Supervisory Board

The Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA General Assembly today elected the new Corporate Works Council Chairman Horst Keil (58) to its Supervisory Board at an extraordinary General Meeting. Keil succeeds Erich Ruppik as employee representative on the Board after Ruppik, who sat on the Supervisory Board for many years, resigned from his office on account of his age.

The Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA Supervisory Board has 18 members, including Keil, five of whom are employee representatives.

Bertelsmann’s Supervisory Board Chairman Gunter Thielen said: “Horst Keil has worked for Bertelsmann for 37 years and has made a name for himself during this time based on his ability to mediate between a wide range of different interests with a knack for always finding solutions in a spirit of partnership. His expertise, his knowledge, in particular when it comes to Arvato’s business, and his constructive contribution, are all most welcome on the Supervisory Board. We greatly look forward to working with Horst Keil for the benefit of the company.”

The Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft (Bertelsmann Management Company, BVG) controls 100 percent of the voting rights in the Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA Annual General Meeting.

The Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA Supervisory Board is now composed as follows:

Prof. Dr. Gunter Thielen, Chairman of the Executive Board of the Walter Blüchert Foundation (Gütersloh)
(Chairman of the Bertelsmann Supervisory Board until December 31, 2012)

Prof. Dr. Ing. Werner J. Bauer, Executive Vice President, Nestlé S.A., Chief Technology Officer, Head of Innovation, Technology and Research & Development (Vevey)

Dr. Wulf H. Bernotat, Former CEO E.ON AG (Düsseldorf)

Kai Brettmann, Chairman of the RTL Group European Works Council, Chairman of the Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland Corporate Works Council (Hamburg)

Helmut Gettkant, Vice Chairman of the Bertelsmann SE & Co.KGaA Works Council (Gütersloh)

Christa Gomez, Vice Chairwoman of the arvato Media (VVA) works council (Gütersloh)

Ian Hudson, Chairman of the Management Representative Committee of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA (BMRC) and Deputy Chief Executive Officer Random House UK Ltd. (London)

Horst Keil, Chairman of the Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA Corporate Works Council (Gütersloh)

Dr. Karl-Ludwig Kley, Chairman of the Executive Board, Merck KGaA (Darmstadt)

Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joachim Milberg, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, BMW AG (Munich) 
(Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board)

Dr. Brigitte Mohn, Chairwoman of the German Stroke Foundation, Member of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann Stiftung, and Shareholder, Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (Gütersloh)

Christoph Mohn, Chairman of the Reinhard Mohn Foundation Executive Board, Managing Director, Christoph Mohn Internet Holding GmbH, Shareholder, Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (Gütersloh)
(designated Chairman of the Supervisory Board from January 1, 2013)

Liz Mohn, Vice Chairwoman of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann Stiftung, Chairwoman of the Board, Bertelsmann Verwaltungsgesellschaft mbH (Gütersloh)

Hartmut Ostrowski, Former Chairman of the Executive Board, Bertelsmann AG (Gütersloh)

Hans Dieter Pötsch, Member of the Executive Board, Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg), Chief Financial Officer, Porsche Automobil Holding SE (Stuttgart)

Kasper Rorsted, Chairman of the Executive Board, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA (Düsseldorf)

Lars Rebien Sørensen, President & Chief Executive Officer, Novo Nordisk A/S (Bagsvaerd)

Bodo Uebber, Member of the Executive Board, Daimler AG (Stuttgart)

About Bertelsmann
Bertelsmann is an international media company whose core divisions encompass television (RTL Group), book publishing (Random House), magazine publishing (Gruner + Jahr), services (Arvato), and printing (Be Printers) in some 50 countries. In 2011, the company’s businesses, with their more than 100,000 employees, generated revenues of €15.3 billion. Bertelsmann stands for a combination of creativity and entrepreneurship that empowers the creation of first-rate media, communications, and service offerings to inspire people around the world and to provide innovative solutions for customers.

For further questions, please contact:

Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA
Markus Harbaum
Tel.: 0 52 41 – 80 888 55
markus.harbaum@bertelsmann.de

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