Press News - Archive
30th June 2006
THREE NEW DIRECTORS AT
EMD AG
EMD AG APPOINTS REPRESENTATIVES OF ALL THE
MAJOR
MARKETS TO STRATEGY ORGAN
EMD General Meeting elects three new
directors – All the major countries and regions now
represented in the EMD strategy organ – Mandate of all
directors runs until 2007
The General Meeting of EMD AG, Europe’s
number 1 purchasing and marketing organisation, elected
three new directors on 16.06.2006 in Stresa / Italy. These
are Serge Papin, CEO of SYSTÈME-U (France), who was
also appointed as one of the three vice presidents of the
organ, Niklaus Knüsel,
CEO of Markant AG (Germany / Switzerland) and Renaud
Cogels, CEO of the Delhaize Europe group which is
represented in Belgium, Luxemburg, Greece, Romania and the
Czech Republic.
“The Board of
Directors is the strategic organ of EMD in which future
scenarios are discussed and the long-term strategic
decisions are made,” explains Dr. Peter Hampl, delegate of
the Board of Directors of EMD AG. “It is therefore essential
for our further development that all of the main countries
and regions are represented in this committee. The General
Meeting has responded to this with the election of three
new directors and thus laid the optimum basis for the
continuation of our success. At the same time we are
underlining our reinforced orientation towards the retail
members, and this is now reflected in the composition of the
uppermost strategic organ of EMD.”
The mandate of the three newly elected
directors will run, just as that of the existing directors
(Jaime Rodriguez, Riccardo Francioni, Dudley B. Ramsden,
Claus-Jürgen Kaiser, Dr. Peter Hampl and Dr. Philippe Dobler)
up to the General Meeting 2007.
EMD market share in Europe 11.6 per
cent
EMD has a turnover
potential of around € 119 billion and a market share of 11.6
per cent. Its more than 1,100 members from the independent
retail trade are operating in 20 European countries with
51,000 outlets in food retailing and 40,000 convenience
shops, kiosks and filling stations. All together they have a
selling space of around 30 million m2. Through
its members EMD AG is present in the markets of the
following countries: Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic,
Slovakia, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Greece,
Great Britain, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Sweden, Romania,
Poland, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary.
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