DGAP-News: Biogas Nord AG: Friedrich-Wilhelm Schwenker joins the Executive Board (Vorstand)

DGAP-News: Biogas Nord AG / Key word(s): Change of Personnel/Change of
Personnel
Biogas Nord AG: Friedrich-Wilhelm Schwenker joins the Executive Board
(Vorstand)

19.01.2012 / 09:57

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The Supervisory Board (Aufsichtsrat) of Biogas Nord AG (the Company), the
leading supplier of turnkey biogas plants, has unanimously appointed
Friedrich-Wilhelm Schwenker as a new member of the Executive Board
(Vorstand) of the Company as of the 1st of January 2012.

Friedrich-Wilhelm Schwenker has served the Company since July 2009 as the
Head of the Construction Department, and since January 2010 as the Chief
Operating Officer. Mr. Schwenker will be responsible for the technical
supervision, and will be joining on the Vorstand Mr. Alexander Rechter and
Ms. Asnat Drouianov.

Alexander Rechter (CEO): 'We are very happy that Mr. Schwenker has agreed
to join the Vorstand. He is a qualified engineer with more than 20 years of
experience in the different areas of construction, site and project
management. Since he has joined Biogas Nord he has contributed
significantly to the development of the Company, and we are sure that his
nomination will positively influence Biogas Nord's future development. His
hands-on mentality, as well as his whole personality, fit perfectly this
position and the business environment in which the Company operates.'

Friedrich-Wilhelm Schwenker:'I thank the Supervisory Board for the trust
it has placed in me. Biogas is an exciting and challenging business, and I
love it. I am looking forward to contributing my knowledge and professional
experience in this responsible position towards helping the Company meet
its new challenges.'

Before Mr. Schwenker joined the Company he worked for Kampa Hausbau,
Bisping Fenster und Fassadenbau, Bien-Zenker AG Fertighausbau and Betonbau
GmbH, where he accumulated leadership, construction, technical and
management skills in the responsible positions he held. He also gained
extended knowledge and experience in operating and constructing biogas
plants from his own plant, which he operates together with his brother
since 2010.


Contact:
Company contact:
BIOGAS NORD AG
Werningshof 2-4
D-33719 Bielefeld
Tel. +49 (0)521 - 96 33 - 0
info@biogas-nord.de
www.biogas-nord.com

Investor Relations contact:
GFEI mbH
Hamburger Allee 26-28
D-60486 Frankfurt
Tel. +49 (0)69 - 74 30 37 - 00
biogasnord@gfei.de
www.gfei.de


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