DGAP-News: First Sensor AG: Dr. Mathias Gollwitzer to Become Next CFO of First Sensor AG


DGAP-News: First Sensor AG / Key word(s): Change of Personnel
First Sensor AG: Dr. Mathias Gollwitzer to Become Next CFO of First
Sensor AG

24.06.2015 / 11:29

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Dr. Mathias Gollwitzer to Become Next CFO of First Sensor AG
Appointment for three-year term starting on 10 August 2015

Berlin, 24 June 2015 - The Supervisory Board of First Sensor AG appointed
Dr. Mathias Gollwitzer (aged 53) as next Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of
First Sensor AG for a term of three years commencing 10 August 2015. He
will head the company together with Dr. Martin U. Schefter, who has been at
the helm of the company, an international sensor technology vendor, since
June 2013. The stated objective of the incoming senior management is to
make First Sensor AG one of the three leading providers in its core markets
by 2019. Dr. Gollwitzer's new sphere of ownership will include, in addition
to the Finance and Controlling departments, the divisions Purchasing, Human
Resources, IT and Process Development. At the same time, he will be
responsible for investor relations and legal issues.

"Dr. Mathias Gollwitzer brings not just the necessary experience as CFO
within an international industrial environment but also advanced technology
know-how to the job," said Dr. Martin U. Schefter, CEO of First Sensor AG.
"We stand to benefit from this combination as well as from his achievements
in the contexts of EBIT improvement, the introduction of SAP, portfolio
optimisation, and shortening the pre-production cycle for new
technologies."

A certified business administrator by trade, Gollwitzer started his
professional career with Deutsche Aerospace AG in Munich, before he moved
on to Telefunken Systemtechnik in Ulm and joined what is now Daimler AG in
2002. Here, Gollwitzer became commercial head of group research, later
taking charging of group controlling.  Between 2008 and 2012, he headed
Mercedes-Benz France SAS in Paris in the role of CFO. After ten years with
the Daimler Group, and after twenty years in the technology sector, Dr.
Gollwitzer transferred to EnBW Energie Baden-Württemberg AG in Karlsruhe in
2012 to become head of group controlling and of that energy company's
transformation program.

"Dr. Gollwitzer made an excellent impression on the Supervisory Board
during a series of personal meetings," said Prof. Dr. Alfred Gossner,
Chairman of the Supervisory Board of First Sensor AG. "We are convinced
that not just his expertise but also his personality make him the perfect
choice for the job of ensuring that First Sensor AG continues on its
trajectory toward profitable growth and market leadership."

Until he starts his new job on 10 August 2015, CEO Dr. Martin U. Schefter
will continue to provisionally handle the affairs of the CFO.


About First Sensor AG
First Sensor AG is one of the world's leading suppliers in the field of
sensor systems. Our company develops and manufactures standardised and
customised sensor solutions for applications in the Industrial, Medical and
Mobility growth markets. With over 800 employees, we are represented at six
German locations and also have development, production and sales sites in
the USA, Canada, Singapore, China, the Netherlands, Great Britain, France,
Sweden and Denmark along with a worldwide partner network. First Sensor AG
is a German public limited company and has been listed in the Prime
Standard of the German stock exchange in Frankfurt since 1999. For more
details on First Sensor, please go to the Internet at
http://www.first-sensor.com/.

Contact: 
first-sensor@hce.de
T +49 30 639923-760 Ι F +49 30 639923-719



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Language:    English                                                    
Company:     First Sensor AG                                            
             Peter-Behrens-Straße 15                                    
             12459 Berlin                                               
             Germany                                                    
Phone:       +49 (0)30 63 99 23-760                                     
Fax:         +49 (0)30 63 99 23-719                                     
E-mail:      ir@first-sensor.com                                        
Internet:    www.first-sensor.com                                       
ISIN:        DE0007201907                                               
WKN:         720190                                                     
Listed:      Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated  
             Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Munich,  
             Stuttgart                                                  
 
 
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