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- Subject: ESCOM Press Release
- Date: Wed, 27 Mar 1996 12:03:22 -0500
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- The following ESCOM Press Release was made available this morning:
-
- Helmut Jost new CEO of ESCOM AG
- Manfred Schmitt to quit Board
-
- Bochum/Heppenheim, 27 March, 1996. The Supervisory Board of ESCOM AG has
- appointed Helmut Jost (43) as Member of the Board of ESCOM AG with effect from
- 1 April, 1996. He will replace Manfred Schmitt as the company's CEO. Mr.
- Schmitt's
- desire to leave the Board of ESCOM AG has been accepted by the Supervisory Board.
- He is to quit his post on 31 March, 1996. Mr. Schmitt will continue to serve the
- company
- as a consultant.
-
- Helmut Jost has been in the European PC Business for many years. After moving up
- the
- ranks at Commodore (where he was ultimately the Managing Director of Commodore
- GmbH and Vice President International), Helmut Jost accepted a post on the board of
- ESCOM AG in 1993, where he was responsible for the Sales and Marketing functions
- and for the management of subsidiaries. Since November 1995, he has been head of
- IBM's German PC business.
-
- In Helmut Jost, ESCOM has succeeded in winning back a man with an outstanding
- knowledge of the company and its markets.
-