Walter Oblin will succeed Rudolf Jettmar and assume the position of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Austrian Post effective July 1, 2012, as resolved upon by the Supervisory Board in March 2011. Jettmar, who has served as CFO since 1999, will resign from the Management Board of Austrian Post due to his retirement as at June 30, 2012.

"Over the past thirteen years Rudolf Jettmar has made a significant contribution towards making Austrian Post one of the most successfully publicly listed companies in Austria", says CEO Georg Pölzl in thanking the retiring Mr. Jettmar for his work. "His successor Walter Oblin is an internationally experienced manager who has already over the last three years decisively shaped the new orientation of the company as Head of Strategy and Group Development", Georg Pölzl says about the new CFO.

Walter Oblin

Walter Oblin (43) concluded his studies in mechanical engineering and business administration at the Graz University of Technology, and also has a Master of Science in Industrial Administration from Purdue University in Indiana (USA).

Carinthian-born Walter Oblin began his professional career in 1994 as a management consultant for McKinsey & Company in Vienna. In the year 2000 he was appointed to be a managing partner and assumed managerial responsibilities as a member of the Management Board of the Austrian subsidiary and as well for McKinsey's global transport and logistics activities. From 2008 to 2009 Walter Oblin worked as Commercial Director of a German technology company specializing in renewable energies.

In the fall of 2009, he assumed the position of Head of Strategy and Group Development at Austrian Post, and since joining the company he has significantly impacted its ongoing development.

CONTACT
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Head of Investor Relations
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