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GFKL Financial Services AG (FRA:GFS1) - Chief Financial Officer Dr. Till Ergenzinger taking up new challenge - Voluntary resignation - Supervisory Board concurs with his wishes
Essen, 15 December 2008: Dr. Till Ergenzinger, Chief Financial Officer of GFKL Financial Services AG, has decided to resign his position and will be leaving the GFKL Group on 31 December 2008 on the most amicable terms in order to take up a new challenge outside the company. The Supervisory Board of GFKL Financial Services AG thanks Dr. Ergenzinger for all of his work and his personal commitment.
From the same date, in addition to his existing duties as Chairman of the Executive Board, Dr. Peter Jänsch will take responsibility for the areas of Finance/Treasury, Accounting/Tax, Controlling/Risk Management, Corporate Governance/Compliance and Organisation.
The Executive Board of GFKL recently decided that in future the Group will focus on the core business areas of Receivable Management (Collection/Factoring) and Software which have been enjoying healthy growth and high profit margins. More than 1,300 of GFKL's personnel are already employed in these two areas. Servicing receivables worth over 20 billion euro, GFKL is one of Germany's leading collection service providers.
About GFKL Financial Services AG GFKL is a financial services provider for modern collection services with the divisions Collection and Software. The Group's expertise in the Collection segment ranges from the trust management of commercial and credit receivables through to evaluating, taking over and handling personal loans and mortgages. Servicing receivables worth over 20 billion euro, GFKL is one of Germany's leading collection service providers. In the area of technology, GFKL offers modern software solutions for the entire bank lending process and all links of the insurance value chain, rounded out with solutions for automatic collection procedures for industry and the public sector.
Press contact: Katrin Schwarz Head of Group Communication and Investor Relations Tel.: +49 (0)201/102-1192 Fax: +49 (0)201/102-1102-462 E-Mail: katrin.schwarz@gfkl.com Internet: www.gfkl.com
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