Klaus Kappeler, CEO of Goldbach Group, has decided to leave the Goldbach Group and transfer the operational management of the company to his successor Michi Frank at the beginning of the new financial year, on January 1, 2014. The handover of the various management areas to the new CEO announced in April 2013 has been successfully completed. Klaus Kappeler will continue to be available to Goldbach in the context of board mandates for selected operating companies and as a consultant on strategic issues.