WashTec AG announced that Dr. Volker Zimmermann, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Technical Officer (CTO) will leave the company by mutual consent as of February 28, 2019. Effective at the latest by July 1, 2019, Dr. Ralf Koeppe (53) will be appointed as member of the Board of Management and CTO. He has worked as a research associate at the Institute for Robotics and Mechatronics of the German Aerospace Center, as head of research and development of KUKA Roboter GmbH and as Managing Director of KUKA Laboratories GmbH.

Since 2014 he is Vice President Engineering & Manufacturing, and since 2017 he is CTO and member of the senior management of the Business Unit Automation & Electrification Solutions of Bosch Rexroth AG. The Supervisory Board is looking forward to a successful cooperation and wishes Dr. Koeppe success in his new function. Ms. Karoline Kalb, member of the Board of Management responsible for legal & compliance, investor relations, human resources, corporate development and special projects, will leave the company by mutual consent with the regular expiration of her management contract as of December 31, 2019.

As of January 1, 2020, her areas of responsibility will be taken over by Mr. Axel Jaeger, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company. For the time being, it is not intended to appoint a new CEO or spokesman of the Board of Management.