The Supervisory Board of SLM Solutions Group AG announced that Dr. Gereon Heinemann will join the Management Board of the company as Chief Technology Officer with effect from August 01, 2018. Dr. Heinemann will take over responsibility for the departments Supply Chain/Production, Research & Development, Program-Management as well as Innovation-Management/Intellectual Property and will therefore be in charge for the further technological development of the company. The contract is signed for a period till July 31, 2021. Within the last years Dr. Heinemann was working in leading positions in the machinery industry, among others as CTO for Fritz Studer AG. The company announced that the successor to the position of Mr. Schöneborn, who will leave the company at the 30th of June and working together with Dr. Heinemann. Henner Schöneborn, CTO till June 30, 2018, will be available for the company, beyond June 30, as a consultant.