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Bad Neustadt a. d. Saale, 3 November 2008 --- RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG has decidedto further develop its medical offering to better meet the future needs ofensure high-quality care. As Wolfgang Pföhler, chairman of the Board ofManagement, had already explained at this year’s Annual General Meeting,the Group is planning to develop an outpatient-inpatient medical offeringwith healthcare being provided close to where people live. This offering isto complement its mainstay business area of acute inpatient care. In thisconnection Pföhler had also announced adjustments in corporate structure.At its meeting on 30 October 2008, the Supervisory Board confirmed theintegrated growth strategy as reflected in the following changes to theBoard of Management effective from 1 January 2009:Dr. Christoph Straub (47) is the first doctor to be appointed to the Boardof Management of RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG. He will establish the divisionOutpatient-Inpatient Basic and Standard Care and oversee medicaldevelopment and quality management within the Group. Dr. Straub has servedas deputy chairman of the healthcare fund Techniker Krankenkasse (TK) since2005 and has been a member of the TK board since 2003. 'I am pleased wehave found in Dr. Straub a seasoned expert in the management of medicalservices and healthcare delivery. Together with our doctors he will forgeahead with the integration of state-of-the-art medicine for the good ofpatients, giving due regard to the treatment autonomy of doctors within ourhospital network' notes Wolfgang Pföhler, chairman of the Board ofManagement of RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG. RRalf Stähler (40) was appointed deputy member of the Board of Managementand alongside Dr. Straub will assume responsibility for the commercialmanagement within the division Outpatient-Inpatient Basic and StandardCare. As divisional head he currently manages the medical care centres(MVZs) of the Group and the expansion of outpatient-inpatient healthcaredelivery. Since 2005 he has worked for RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG as Divisional Headfor Berlin/Brandenburg.Dr. Irmgard Stippler (44), as deputy member of the Board of Management,assumes responsibility for the organisational unit of communication and IT.She is currently Divisional Head of Corporate Communication and has held anexecutive positions within the Group since 2007. She will overseeintegrated communication as part of the growth strategy as well asintegration between facilities and sectors also in IT.Dr. Erik Hamann (38) will be assigned responsibility for the divisionFinance, Investor Relations and Controlling as deputy member of the Boardof Management. Dietmar Pawlik (51), the Group’s CFO since 2006, is leavingthe Company at his own request for personal reasons with effect from 31December 2008 and will continue to be available in an advisory capacity.The Group thanks him for his work. By appointing Dr. Hamann, theSupervisory Board deliberately decided for a successor from within theCompany. Together with Wolfgang Kunz (51), who will continue to beresponsible for the Accounting division in the same scope and extent asbefore, he will ensure continuity in the Group’s conservative andlong-term-oriented finance policy. Dr. Hamann has been Divisional Head ofGroup Controlling since 2006 and has been part of the Group’s executiveteam since 2005.Gerald Meder (54), having held executive positions with the Company since1981, is deputy member of the Board of Management responsible for theongoing development of hospital structures in the division Specialised,Intermediate and Maximum Care. This will be placed under his managementGermany-wide. In this connection he hands over the chair of the ManagementBoard of Universitätsklinikum Gießen und Marburg GmbH to Joseph Rohrer (53)with effect from 1 January 2009 and joins its Supervisory Board. JosephRohrer latterly worked six years as Chief Operating Officer of the Swisshospital group Hirslanden where he successfully held executive positionsfor many years. He has extensive experience in the restructuring andintegration of hospitals.Dr. Brunhilde Seidel-Kwem (52), Regional Director for Western and NorthernGermany since 2006, will assume an executive position within the divisionSpecialised, Intermediate and Maximum Care.Andrea Aulkemeyer (44) – who has been with the Group since 1991, latterlyworked as the board member responsible for Northern Bavaria, Thuringia andBaden-Wuerttemberg, and possesses profound knowledge of RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG –will assume responsibility for organisational unit of internal auditing andcompliance and in this capacity will notably forge ahead with theoptimisation of internal business processes within the hospital network aswell as cross-sector co-operation.As a clear statement on the ongoing objectives and direction pursued withthe concept of the integrated growth strategy, the Supervisory Boardalready now has unanimously re-appointed Wolfgang Pföhler (55), chairman ofthe Board of Management of RHÖN-KLINIKUM AG since the summer of 2005, aschairman of the Board of Management for the period 1 May 2009 to 30 April2014.The Supervisory Board is convinced that the new Board of Management willconfirm the trust placed in it and continue the Company’s success story.'With this management structure we want to provide clear answers to thepressing questions of the future, notably ensuring reliable healthcaredelivery that everyone can afford' stated Wolfgang Pföhler in conclusion.At the occasion of the Analyst Conference on 6 November 2008, which will betransmitted live from 10.00 a.m. on www.rhoen-klinikum-ag.com, detailedinformation will be provided on the growth strategy and new structure ofthe Board of Management. Dr. Irmgard StipplerDivisional Head of Corporate CommunicationTel.: (09771) 65-1321 Fax: (09771) 65-1306 E-mail: irmgard.stippler@rhoen-klinikum-ag.com03.11.2008 Financial News transmitted by DGAP
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