EANS-News: AUSTRIAN POST / NEW MEMBER OF THE AUSTRIAN POST MANAGEMENT BOARD

PETER UMUNDUM APPOINTED TO THE BOARD AS HEAD OF PARCELS & LOGISTICS

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Board of Directors (Appointments and Changes)

Subtitle: PETER UMUNDUM APPOINTED TO THE BOARD AS HEAD OF PARCELS &
LOGISTICS

Wien (euro adhoc) - At today´s ordinary meeting of the Austrian Post
Supervisory Board, Peter Umundum was appointed as the member of the
Management Board with responsibility for Parcels & Logistics. In this
function, he succeeds Carl-Gerold Mende, who will vacate his post on
March 31, 2011. Peter Umundum has been awarded a three-year contract
and will take up his seat on the Austrian Post Management Board on
April 1, 2011.

Supervisory Board chairman, Peter Michaelis summed up this
appointment as follows: "Following a professional application and
selection process, with Peter Umundum we are able to present an
excellent manager, who has already occupied leading positions within
the company since 2005 and who is well acquainted with the challenges
in the Parcel & Logistics Division. I am convinced that with Peter
Umundum as part of the Board team, Austrian Post is ideally equipped
to maintain its success in the dynamic postal market."

In response to the appointment of the new board member, Georg Pölzl,
the Austrian Post chairman, commented: "I know Peter Umundum from our
joint activities over the past 12 months and estimate him as a
manager, who both get things done and possesses the necessary
strategic acumen. I am convinced that under his leadership, the
growth policy adopted for our parcels and logistics business in
Austria and our international participations can continue to be
managed successfully."

Background Following degree studies in computing and technical
mathematics, Peter Umundum (46) commenced his professional career in
1988 at Steirerbrau AG, where he assumed managerial responsibility
for software development and the Organisation and Computing
Department. In 1994, he moved to Styria Medien AG as the head of IT
and just two years later was appointed as the CEO of the subsidiary
Media Consult Austria GmbH. In 1999, he acted as one of the founders
and CEO of redmail. In 2001, Peter Umundum became Managing Director
of the "Die Presse" daily newspaper and three years later he joined
the executive management of the "Kleine Zeitung" daily newspaper. In
2005 he moved to Austrian Post as one of the Managing Directors of
the Letter Division, which is the company´s largest business area. In
addition, he assumed responsibility for the national subsidiaries,
feibra GmbH and Wiener Bezirkszeitung, and the international
subsidiaries Weber Escal d.o.o. in Croatia and Scanpoint Europe.
Peter Umundum is also a member of the advisory boards for the
company´s participations in Slovakia and Hungary, as well as Austrian
Post International in Germany and meiller direct.

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Branche: Transport
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