Alpiq Holding AG announced the appointment of Adrienne Develey as the new Head of Group Communications, will take up her office on 1 September 2012. She succeeds Christina Meier, who has been acting as Head of Group Communications ad interim since the departure of Martin Bahnmuller. At the beginning of September Adrienne Develey will move from Novartis to Alpiq to take over as Head of Group Communications. In her last position she was responsible for external and internal communications for Novartis Pharma Schweiz AG.