Tina Müller nominated for election to the Supervisory Board of MLP AG

Wiesloch, 7th May 2015 – Tina Müller (46),Chief Marketing Officer and Member of the Management Board of Opel Group GmbH is to be proposed to the shareholders of MLP AG for election to the Supervisory Board. She will succeed Johannes Maret (64) who is leaving the board at his own request. The Annual General Meeting will convene in Mannheim on 18th June, 2015. MLP published the invitation today which is available online at: www.mlp-agm.com

Since August 2013 Tina Müller has carried overall responsibility for brand management at Opel. She is an internationally experienced manager who previously held various senior management positions at the consumer goods manufacturer Henkel. Müller is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Advanced Management Training Programme. She is also a multiple winner of the Marketing Manager of the Year award, conferred by the trade journal W&V. Since June 2013 she has been a member of the Supervisory Board of MLP’s largest subsidiary (MLP Finanzdienstleistungen AG).

Johannes Maret joined the Supervisory Board of MLP AG in 2003. From 1976 to 1996 he served as an auditor at Arthur Andersen and from 1990 held the post of Chief Executive Officer for Germany. Thereafter he worked as a general partner at the banking house Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie. KGaA until 2002. Since 1998 he has been a member of the investment committee at “The Triton Fund”. Furthermore, since 2003 he has been a managing partner at Maret GmbH.

“On behalf of the entire Supervisory Board I would like to express our warm and sincere thanks to Hans Maret for his longstanding professional cooperation,” comments Dr. Peter Lütke-Bornefeld, Chairman of the Supervisory Board. “We are pleased to nominate Tina Müller as a member of the Supervisory Board. She brings very valuable experience from other branches of industry and is already well acquainted with MLP.”

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