Munich, 15 January 2016 - Dr Victoria Ossadnik (47) has been appointed to the Linde AG Supervisory Board, succeeding Klaus-Peter Müller (71). A doctor of physics, Ossadnik has been on the Board of Management of Microsoft Deutschland GmbH since 2011, where she is responsible for Services.

Klaus-Peter Müller, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Commerzbank AG, stepped down from the Linde AG Supervisory Board at the end of 2015. Müller had been a member of the Supervisory Board since May 2003.

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