EANS-Adhoc: Valora Holding AG / Alexander Theobald nominated new head of Valora´s Valora Media/Services division with effect from May 1, 2010.

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Alexander Theobald nominated new head of Valora´s Valora
Media/Services division

24.03.2010

Alexander Theobald nominated new head of Valora´s Valora
Media/Services division with effect from May 1, 2010.

Alexander Theobald, M.A. began his publishing career in 1994, working
for the German publishing group Axel Springer in Hamburg and Berlin,
before joining Switzerland´s Ringier AG as chief publisher of their
Schweizer Woche magazine in 1995. Between 1996 and 2003, he held
various management positions in the fields of publishing and
marketing for the Tamedia group, where he was a member of senior
management. In 2004, he was appointed head of Ringier AG´s Swiss
magazine division, and a member of Ringier´s group executive
management. In 2007 he assumed new group executive management
responsibilities for the Ringier group, directing their publishing
operations in Hungary and Rumania.

With effect from May 1, 2010, Alexander Theobald, who is 46, will be
head of Valora´s Media/Services division, taking over these duties
from Thomas Vollmoeller, Valora´s CEO, who has been managing the
division on an interim basis since January 1, 2010. Alexander
Theobald will also become a member of Group Executive Management when
he joins Valora. His substantial expert knowledge of all aspects of
publishing and his international marketing and management experience
are ideal prerequisites for strengthening this division and
developing it further. In the words of Thomas Vollmoeller, Valora´s
CEO, "I am convinced that Alexander Theobald will be able to make a
very significant contribution in a challenging press market
environment."

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