The Supervisory Board of GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft has appointed Johannes Giloth (49) to the company's Executive Board with effect from January 20, 2020, where he will assume responsibility for the newly created Procurement, Production and Logistics organization. Johannes Giloth comes from the Nokia telecommunications group, where he has held the position of Chief Procurement and Chief Supply Chain Officer for several years and - amongst other things - successfully implemented the digitalization of the group's procurement organization and supply chain.