Corporate | 11 October 2007 16:05
VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG / Change of Personnel
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Zörbig, October 11 2007 – At today’s meeting the Supervisory Board
of VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG (VERBIO) appointed Martin Meurer (44) as
a regular member of the Management Board and CFO of VERBIO Vereinigte
BioEnergie AG. The appointment will take effect as of November 1, 2007.
The present CFO Dr. Herbert Baesch will be leaving the Company at October
31, 2007, to address himself to new tasks. Dr. Herbert Baesch was
significantly involved in the prearrangement and execution of the IPO and
developed and implemented successfully the structure of the Group and of
the Holding. The VERBIO Group stands on solid financial and organisational
ground, for this the Supervisory Board expressed explicitly his thanks.
Martin Meurer studied economics at the University of Muenster focussing on
banking and financing. The business graduate worked for several years also
in leading positions at the Deutsche Bank AG before he changed into the
Group holding of B.U.S Berzelius Umwelt-Service AG, Duisburg, an
international, listed company operating in environmental and commodity
services. After five years as CFO he joined, for private reasons, SMB
Consultants GmbH, Düsseldorf, as partner. He is specialised in financial
and economics consultancy as well as company development. Out of his body
member function as financial executive, he managed and was responsible for
his area of activities on behalf of the (family-)stockholders at last as
chairman of the executive board of Luhns GmbH, Wuppertal, and of Dalli GmbH
& Co. KG, Stolberg, both large medium-sized family-owned enterprises.
VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG
Alexandra Mühr
Humboldtstraße 18
04105 Leipzig
Phone: +49 (0) 341 30 85 30 85
Fax: +49 (0) 341 30 85 30 99
Email: pr@verbio.de
www.verbio.de
Information on VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG
The VERBIO Group is one of the leading producers and suppliers of biofuels
and also the only industrial-scale producer of biodiesel and bioethanol in
Europe. Nominal capacity currently amounts to around 400,000 tons of
biodiesel and 300,000 tons of bioethanol per year. The company has
developed its own processes and innovative technologies for the production
of biodiesel and bioethanol. It supplies its products directly to European
mineral oil corporations, mineral oil traders, independent fuel stations
and haulage companies. VERBIO AG also markets high-quality pharmaglycerin
for the consumer goods and cosmetic industries (glycerin is a by-product of
biodiesel production). Within the Group, VERBIO AG acts as the management
holding company. The Group’s operating business is run by its subsidiaries:
MUW Mitteldeutsche UmesterungsWerke, NUW Nordbrandenburger
UmesterungsWerke, MBE Mitteldeutsche BioEnergie, NBE Nordbrandenburger
BioEnergie and SBE Swiss BioEnergy. In 2006 VERBIO generated revenues of
446.2 million EUR. Around 300 employees are working for VERBIO.
VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG
Alexandra Mühr
Humboldtstraße 18
04105 Leipzig
Phone: +49 (0) 341 30 85 30 85
Fax: +49 (0) 341 30 85 30 99
Email: pr@verbio.de
www.verbio.de
11.10.2007 Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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Language: English
Issuer: VERBIO Vereinigte BioEnergie AG
Humboldtstraße 18
04105 Leipzig
Deutschland
Phone: +49 (0)341 30 85 30 90
Fax: +49 (0)341 30 85 30 99
E-mail: pr@verbio.de
Internet: www.verbio.de
ISIN: DE000A0JL9W6
WKN: A0JL9W
Listed: Amtlicher Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in
Berlin, Stuttgart, Düsseldorf, München
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