Change in Implenia's Group Executive Board

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Change in Implenia's Group Executive Board - René Zahnd, Head of Modernisation & Development, becomes new CEO of Swiss Prime Site

Dietlikon, 13 April 2015 - René Zahnd, who has been in charge of Implenia's Business Unit Modernisation & Development since February 2014, has been appointed as the new CEO of Swiss Prime Site. René Zahnd will continue in his current role at Implenia until 30 April 2016 at the latest. By then Implenia will have decided on his successor as Head of the Business Unit. The Board of Directors and Group Executive Board would like to take this early opportunity to thank René Zahnd for his great commitment and wish him much success and satisfaction in his future role. René Zahnd joined Implenia in 2009, initially as the head of project development in German-speaking Switzerland; in March 2010 he joined the Group's senior operational management body as head of what was then the Real Estate Business Unit.

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Implenia is the leading construction and construction services company in Switzerland. Formed in 2006 from the merger between Zschokke and Batigroup, Implenia can look back on around 150 years of history in the construction industry. Implenia brings the expertise of its highly skilled Modernisation & Development, Buildings, and Tunnelling & Civil Engineering Sectors, as well as its Switzerland and Norway Regions under the single roof of a nationally and internationally active company. With its integrated business model and specialists operating in all its divisions, the Group can manage a building project through its entire lifecycle and deliver work that is economical, integrated and customer-centric. The focus is on striking a sustainable balance between financial success and social and environmental responsibility. With Bilfinger Construction, Implenia has a strong platform in the German, Austrian and Scandinavian markets from which to exploit the "infrastructure" megatrend.

Implenia has its headquarters in Dietlikon near Zurich and employs around 8500 people. In 2014 it posted pro forma turnover (including Bilfinger Construction) of around CHF 3.6 billion. The company is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (IMPN, CH0023868554). For more information, please visit www.implenia.com.

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