Supervisory board appoints Dr. Klaus Engel to succeed Dr. Werner Muller as chairman of the executive board

摘要

AT a meeting, the Supervisory Board of Evonik Industries AG, Essen approved the request made by Dr. Werner Muller (62), Chairman of the Executive Board of Evonik Industries AG, to be released from his contract as of December 31, 2008. At the same time, the Supervisory Board appointed Dr. Klaus Engel, Member of the Executive Board of Evonik Industries AG and Chairman of the Board of Management of Evonik Degussa GmbH, to succeed him as Chairman of the Executive Board of Evonik Industries AG effective January 1, 2009. The Supervisory Board unanimously accepted the proposals put forward in August by the Executive Committee of the Supervisory Board, which is chaired by Wilhelm Bonse-Geuking.