KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA: Dr. Hagen Duenbostel appointed Board Spokesman of KWS for a further five years
July 03, 2019 at 02:25 am EDT
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KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA: Dr. Hagen Duenbostel appointed Board Spokesman of KWS for a further five years
03.07.2019 / 08:19
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Einbeck, July 03, 2019
Dr. Hagen Duenbostel appointed Board Spokesman of KWS for a further five years
The Supervisory Board of KWS SAAT SE has appointed Dr. Hagen Duenbostel as a member of the Executive Board and Board Spokesman for a further five years effective from January 1, 2020.
"Dr. Hagen Duenbostel has played a key role in shaping the company's development in his 17 years on the Executive Board. We're delighted to continue down our successful path with him," said Dr. Drs. h.c. Andreas J. Büchting, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, following the Supervisory Board's decision.
Duenbostel holds a doctorate in business management and has been a member of KWS' Executive Board since 2003. He was appointed Board Spokesman in 2015. The 49-year-old has special responsibility for Corn North and South America, Corn China/Asia, Strategy, Compliance, and Governance & Risk Management.
About KWS*
KWS is one of the world's leading plant breeding companies. In the fiscal year 2017/18 more than 5,000 employees in 70 countries generated net sales of EUR 1,068 million and earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) of EUR 133 million. A company with a tradition of family ownership, KWS has operated independently for more than 160 years. It focuses on plant breeding and the production and sale of seed for corn, sugarbeet, cereals, rapeseed and sunflowers. KWS uses leading-edge plant breeding methods to increase farmers' yields and to improve resistance to diseases, pests and abiotic stress. To that end, the company invested almost EUR 200 million last fiscal year in research and development. * All figures exclude the companies carried at equity AGRELIANT GENETICS LLC., AGRELIANT GENETICS INC. and KENFENG - KWS SEEDS CO., LTD.
For more information: www.kws.com. Follow us on Twitter(R) at https://twitter.com/KWS_Group.
Contact:
Sina Barnkothe
Expert Corporate Communications
Phone +49-5561-311-1783 sina.barnkothe@kws.com
KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA www.kws.de
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Language:
English
Company:
KWS SAAT SE & Co. KGaA
Grimsehlstraße 31
37555 Einbeck
Germany
Phone:
+49 (0)5561 311-0
Fax:
+49 (0)5561 311-322
E-mail:
info@kws.com
Internet:
www.kws.de
ISIN:
DE0007074007
WKN:
707400
Indices:
S-DAX
Listed:
Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard), Hanover; Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich, Stuttgart, Tradegate Exchange
KWS SAAT SE & Co KgaA is a Germany-based company engaged in the development, production and distribution of seeds for farmers. The Company's activities are divided into three segments: Corn, Sugarbeet and Cereals. The Corn segment offers corn, rapeseed, sunflower, sorghum, millet, and field crop seeds. The Sugarbeet segment provides sugar beet, and energy beet seeds, as well as animal feed. The Cereals segment offers wheat, rye, hybrid rye, winter barley, spring barley, oil and field crop and organic seeds. The Company also provides seeds for fodder beets, soybeans, grain peas and catch crops. It operates through a number of subsidiaries in Germany, Switzerland, the United States, France, Italy, Austria, Turkey, Chile and Belgium, among others.
KWS SAAT SE & CO. KGAA 
