The Zur Rose Group nominates three new board members Montag, 15. April 2019 - 06:55

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The Zur Rose Group nominates three new board members

15.04.2019 / 06:55

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Press release

The Zur Rose Group nominates three new board members

The Zur Rose Group is nominating Tobias Hartmann, Dr. Christian Mielsch and
Florian Seubert as new members of the Board of Directors and proposing them
for election at the General Meeting of Shareholders to be held on 23 May
2019. The nomination is intended to add proven expertise in technology,
trading and finance to the company's highest board.

As part of the positioning of the Zur Rose Group as a comprehensive,
integrated healthcare platform and its associated further development as an
e-commerce-oriented company, the Board of Directors has decided to propose
to the Annual General Meeting that the Board of Directors be increased from
six to seven members. In the view of the Board of Directors, the three
candidates will ideally complement the Board. As already communicated, Dr.
Heinz O. Baumgartner and Vanessa Frey are retiring from the Board of
Directors.

Tobias Hartmann, CEO of Scout24 AG, has more than two decades of
international management experience in the market launch, development and
growth of businesses in the consumer products and (e-commerce) platform
solutions sector. He has worked for both private and publicly listed
companies in Europe and the USA. Dr. Christian Mielsch, Member of the
Management Board and CFO of the REWE Group, is a proven expert, most notably
in M&A and retail finance and controlling, after having held consecutive
positions involving financial responsibility in groups operating on an
international scale before joining REWE, among others at the Metro Group. As
co-founder of the e-commerce company zooplus AG, Florian Seubert has broad
entrepreneurial experience. He is regarded as an expert in e-commerce and in
his current function as an independent professional investor and investment
manager.

Prof. Stefan Feuerstein, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Zur Rose
Group, is delighted: "In Tobias Hartmann, Dr. Christian Mielsch and Florian
Seubert we have three top-class business representatives who we can nominate
to the Board of Directors of the Zur Rose Group, and who will contribute to
the success of the company with their broad know-how and long-standing
experience in management functions."

Investors and analyst contact
Marcel Ziwica, Chief Financial Officer
Email: ir@zurrose.com, phone: +41 58 810 11 49

Media contact
Lisa Lüthi, Head of Corporate Communications
Email: media@zurrose.com, phone: +41 52 724 08 14

Financial Calendar
17 April 2019 Q1/2019 Trading Update
23 May 2019 Annual General Meeting
21 August 2019 2019 Half-Year Results
23 October 2019 Q3/2019 Trading Update



Curriculum Vitae

Tobias Hartmann (46, German) has been CEO of Scout24 AG, Munich, since
November 2018. Before joining Scout24 he was Board Member and President US
of HelloFresh SE, Berlin and New York, the world's leading supplier of meal
kits. Prior to that, he was President of US-based Radial Inc., a provider of
omnichannel e-commerce and payment handling solutions, which was once part
of eBay Inc. In addition, he was on the Management of Loyalty Partner GmbH
and tasked with establishing "Payback" as a leading customer loyalty
programme. Tobias Hartmann has a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Economics from
Clark University, Worcester (Massachusetts), USA, and a Master of Business
Administration (MBA).

Dr. Christian Mielsch (56, German) has been a Board Member and CFO of the
REWE Group, Cologne, since 2012. Prior to that, he held various executive
positions in the Metro Group, including as CFO of Metro Cash&Carry
International and most recently as COO Metro Cash&Carry Central East Europe.
In 1997 he began his career with the Düsseldorf retail company as divisional
head of controlling at Metro Cash&Carry International. Prior to that, he
held executive roles at Bertelsmann AG, Munich, and at McKinsey&Comp,
Düsseldorf. Christian Mielsch studied Physics and Business Administration in
Dortmund and Hagen and earned a doctorate as Dr. rer. nat.

From 1999 to 2013, Florian Seubert (45, German) was co-founder and CFO of
zooplus AG, Munich, which developed during his tenure from a start-up to an
SDAX-listed European market leader which today has over EUR 1.6 billion in
revenue and an active presence in more than 20 country markets. Prior to
becoming an entrepreneur, Florian Seubert was employed at JPMorgan in London
and New York in the Securities Division. Florian Seubert has a Masters
degree (MA Oxon) in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford
University, UK, and has been a partner and private investor at Maxburg
Capital Partners, Munich, since 2013.

Zur Rose Group

The Swiss Zur Rose Group is Europe's largest e-commerce pharmacy and one of
the leading medical wholesalers in Switzerland. With its business model, it
offers high-quality, safe and cost-effective pharmaceutical care and thus
contributes to reducing healthcare costs. It is also characterized by the
continuous further development of digital services in the field of drug
management and actively promotes its positioning as a comprehensive,
integrated cross-service healthcare platform. The creation of added value
and a pronounced patient orientation make the Group an important strategic
partner for service providers, cost units and industry.

The Zur Rose Group is internationally present with strong brands, including
Germany's best-known pharmacy brand DocMorris. The company employs over
1,300 people at various locations and generated a turnover of CHF 1,207
million in the 2018 financial year. The shares of Zur Rose Group AG are
listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (securities number 4261528, ISIN
CH0042615283, ticker ROSE). The CHF 115 million corporate bond issued in
July 2018 is also listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange (securities number
42146044, ISIN CH0421460442, ticker ZRO18). Further information at
zurrosegroup.com