TOMORROW FOCUS AG / Key word(s): Change of Personnel 06.10.2015 19:13 Dissemination of an Ad hoc announcement according to § 15 WpHG, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ad hoc announcement Georg Hesse takes over as Chief Executive Officer at TOMORROW FOCUS AG Munich, Germany, 6 October 2015 - The Supervisory Board of TOMORROW FOCUS AG today appointed Georg Hesse (42) to the position of CEO and Chairperson of the Management Board. He will take up his new role at the company on or before 1 February 2016. As an experienced e-commerce and consumer brand expert, Georg Hesse will lead TOMORROW FOCUS AG - along with its travel brands, especially HolidayCheck and Zoover - towards its stated goal of becoming one of Europe's leading online travel companies. In his current position as Director at the German branch of Amazon EU Sà rl, Georg Hesse is responsible for the Home Living, Home Appliances, Major Appliances and Toys division. He has held a number of management positions with Amazon which he joined in 1999. Georg Hesse holds a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Henley Management College in London and a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in Media Marketing. In the view of the Supervisory Board, his background in e-commerce, consumer expertise and experience of establishing new business areas make him the ideal choice, allowing TOMORROW FOCUS AG to pursue its strategy of realignment towards digital travel operations with renewed vigour. Georg Hesse will take over from Toon Bouten, who left the company at the beginning of July as previously announced. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Information and Explaination of the Issuer to this News: About TOMORROW FOCUS AG TOMORROW FOCUS AG (ISIN DE005495329) is based in Munich, Germany, and is one of the country's leading digital travel companies. With a total workforce of around 400, the TOMORROW FOCUS Group comprises HOLIDAYCHECK AG (which operates hotel review and travel booking portals by the same name, as well as the car rental portal MIETWAGENCHECK) and WEBASSETS B.V. (which operates the ZOOVER hotel review portals and the METEOVISTA/WEERONLINE weather portals). The Group portfolio also includes JAMEDA GmbH (which operates the biggest German physician rating portal JAMEDA.de) and ORGANIZE.ME GmbH (which operates an app-based document organisation and reminder system). TOMORROW FOCUS AG is currently negotiating the sale of these two subsidiaries. Media and Investor Relations contact: TOMORROW FOCUS AG Armin Blohmann Neumarkter Strasse 61 81673 München Germany phone +49 (0)89 9250 1256 fax +49 (0)89 9250 2403 email a.blohmann@tomorrow-focus.de www.tomorrow-focus.de http://twitter.com/tomorrowfocus http://facebook.de/tomorrowfocus http://youtube.com/tomorrowfocus <br>+++++<br>Additional features: Picture: http://newsfeed2.equitystory.com/tomorrow-focus/400407.html Subtitle: Georg Hesse, designierter CEO der TOMORROW FOCUS AG 06.10.2015 The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Media archive at www.dgap-medientreff.de and www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: TOMORROW FOCUS AG Neumarkter Str. 61 81673 München Germany Phone: +49 (0)89 9250-1256 Fax: +49 (0)89 9250-2403 E-mail: a.blohmann@tomorrow-focus.de Internet: www.tomorrow-focus.de ISIN: DE0005495329 WKN: 549532 Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Hanover, Munich, Stuttgart End of Announcement DGAP News-Service ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DGAP-Adhoc: Georg Hesse takes over as Chief Executive Officer at TOMORROW FOCUS AG (news with additional features)
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