The Supervisory Board of Bilfinger SE has appointed Mr. Thomas Blades as new Chairman of the Executive Board. The company expects that Thomas Blades will assume the position of Chairman of the Executive Board by the third quarter of 2016 at the latest. He succeeds Per H. Utnegaard, who stepped down at the end of April 2016. In the interim period, Axel Salzmann, Member of the Executive Board and CFO of the company, has assumed the tasks of Chairman of the Executive Board in addition to his other tasks. Thomas Blades is currently Member of the Executive Board at Linde AG where he is responsible for the Segment Americas and Global Governance Centres Deliver, Healthcare, Operations, Global Gases Businesses Helium & Rare Gases.