Wulf Böttger appointed as new member of the MLP executive board responsible for sales

Wiesloch, 23th November 2006 - The supervisory boards of MLP AG and MLP Finanzdienstleistungen AG today have appointed Dr. Wulf Böttger with effect from January 1, 2007 as a member of the executive boards of both companies responsible for sales. Böttger, 40, previously worked for the AXA Konzern AG, Cologne, where he managed the sales and marketing areas as well as the non-life insurance and private client business as a member of the executive board. Before this, the doctor of physics was a member of the executive board for the Direct Group at Bertelsmann AG as well as a consultant at McKinsey.

Böttger will be responsible not only for sales planning and control, but also for the marketing area at MLP.