Castling on the Board of Directors of Goldbach Group

Joachim Schoss has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Goldbach Group since 2002 and is also a member of the Compensation Committee and Business Development Committee. In order to make more time for private matters and other mandates, he will step down from the Board of Directors at the Annual General Meeting on April 7, 2016. "I am leaving the Board of Directors with the good feeling that the Goldbach Group is now very well positioned in terms of content and personnel," says Joachim Schoss about his decision.

The Board of Directors will propose to the Annual General Meeting that Arndt C. Groth be elected as Joachim Schoss's successor. He is to sit on both the Board of Directors and the Compensation Committee. Arndt C. Groth was born in Hamburg in 1964. After graduating in business administration from the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität in Münster, he held numerous management positions in Internet and media companies, most recently as CEO of Publigroupe in Lausanne. Groth has been driving forward internet business models since 1995, is a pioneer in digital marketing and also has a wealth of experience in traditional media. He was also President of the German Digital Industry Association BVDW from 2003 to 2013.

"I am convinced that with Arndt C. Groth, we will have a new addition to our Board of Directors who brings a high level of expertise and experience in the areas that will be important for Goldbach in the coming years," said Jens Alder, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Goldbach Group, in a press release.