Bastei Lübbe AG: Klaus Kluge, Executive Board member responsible for programme, sales and marketing, will not extend his contract running until September 2020. Supervisory Board decides on succession.
January 23, 2020 at 02:00 pm
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Bastei Lübbe AG: Klaus Kluge, Executive Board member responsible for programme, sales and marketing, will not extend his contract running until September 2020. Supervisory Board decides on succession.
23-Jan-2020 / 19:57 CET/CEST
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Klaus Kluge, Executive Board member responsible for programme, sales and marketing, will not extend his contract running until September 2020. Supervisory Board decides on succession.
Simon Decot to become Executive Board member responsible for programme as of April 1, 2020
Sandra Dittert to become Executive Board member responsible for sales and marketing on August 1, 2020
Cologne, 23.01.2020. The current Executive Board member responsible for programme, sales and marketing, Klaus Kluge (61), has informed the Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Mr. Robert Stein, that he will not extend his contract, which runs until September 2020, for personal reasons.
Following an intensive search, the Supervisory Board of Bastei Lübbe AG today resolved upon a corresponding succession plan for Mr. Kluge. Mr. Simon Decot (49) has been appointed to the Executive Board as member responsible for programme with effect from April 1, 2020. In addition, Ms Sandra Dittert (50) was appointed to the Executive Board as member responsible for marketing and sales with effect from August 1, 2020.
Simon Decot is currently Head of Programme Strategy at Bastei Lübbe, where he is responsible for the further and new development of fiction and non-fiction as well as Eichborn, LYX and the digital programmes together with the publishing and programme managers.
Sandra Dittert is currently working as managing director at the Haufe Group.
Contact Bastei Lübbe AG:
Barbara Fischer
Head of Press and Public Relations
Tel.: +49 (0)221 8200 2850
E-Mail: barbara.fischer@luebbe.de
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Language:
English
Company:
Bastei Lübbe AG
Schanzenstraße 6 - 20
51063 Köln
Germany
Phone:
02 21 / 82 00 - 0
Fax:
02 21 / 82 00 - 1900
E-mail:
investorrelations@luebbe.de
Internet:
www.luebbe.de
ISIN:
DE000A1X3YY0
WKN:
A1X3YY
Listed:
Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
Bastei Luebbe AG is a Germany-based company engaged in the media and publishing industry. The Company publishes books and digital content. The Company's publishing portfolio includes fiction and non-fiction books, as well as electronic books (e-books) and audio books. The Company breaks down its business activities into three segments: Books, Novel Booklets and Puzzle Magazines, and Digital. The Books segment comprises all print, audio and e-book products that can be considered books, including digital content. The Books segment sells products for various labels, mainly in hardcover, paperback, pocket book, audio (digital and physical) and e-book formats. The Novel Booklet and Puzzle Magazines segment includes physical novel booklets, including romantic and mystery fiction novels. The Digital segment comprises the Company's digital subsidiaries, including Daedalic Entertainment GmbH, a games developer and publisher.
Bastei Lübbe AG: Klaus Kluge, Executive Board member responsible for programme, sales and marketing, will not extend his contract running until September 2020. Supervisory Board decides on succession.