DVB Bank SE

DVB Bank to strengthen its Board of Managing Directors with a Shipping expert (news with additional features)

(DGAP-Media / 02.04.2015 / 13:25)

Frankfurt/Main, 2 April 2015 - Bart Veldhuizen (48) has joined the Board of
Managing Directors of DVB Bank SE on 1 April 2015. Specifically, he will
assume responsibility for the Bank's Shipping Finance and Offshore Finance
divisions in the future. The Bank's Supervisory Board has passed the
respective resolution.

Bart Veldhuizen brings on board a wide, international range of experience
in providing advisory services and raising finance for companies active in
maritime shipping and offshore exploration and production. With Bart
Veldhuizen's appointment to the Board of Managing Directors, the Bank has
taken the required steps to safeguard continuity in its top management
team, its focus on growing profitability, and securing the Bank's leading
market position in the global transportation industry.

Bart Veldhuizen joins DVB from Swaen Marine, London, the company he founded
and owned. Swaen Marine specialises in providing advisory services to the
international shipping industry. In addition, he held numerous
non-executive directorships with leading shipowners and private equity
houses in the past. From August 2007 to October 2011 he was Managing
Director and Global Head of Shipping at Lloyds Banking Group, London, where
he was responsible for origination, structuring and loan portfolio
management of the bank's global shipping finance business. Previously he
had worked for NIBC Bank, The Hague, since August 2002, where he was
responsible for financings in the shipping and energy sectors.

Ralf Bedranowsky, who is currently responsible for DVB's Shipping Finance
and Offshore Finance divisions, as a member of the Board of Managing
Directors, will in future assume responsibility for DVB's risk management,
amongst other tasks. Moreover, the Supervisory Board resolved that Ralf
Bedranowsky will succeed Wolfgang Driese as CEO and Chairman of the Board
of Managing Directors, with effect from 1 July 2015. Wolfgang Driese will
retire from DVB for reasons of age on 30 June 2015. It is intended to
propose Wolfgang Driese for election to the Supervisory Board after a
cooling-off period of one year.


Contact for this press release:
Ms Elisabeth Winter
Head of Group Corporate Communications
Managing Director
Phone: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

About DVB Bank SE:
DVB Bank SE, headquartered in Frankfurt/Main, Germany, is the leading
specialist in the international Transport Finance business. The Bank offers
integrated financing solutions and advisory services in respect of Shipping
Finance, Aviation Finance, Offshore Finance and Land Transport Finance. DVB
is present at all key international financial centres and transport hubs:
at its Frankfurt/Main head office, as well as various European locations
(Amsterdam, Athens, Hamburg, London, Oslo and Zurich), plus offices in the
Americas (New York City and Curaçao) and in Asia (Singapore and Tokyo). DVB
Bank SE is listed at the Frankfurt Stock Exchange (ISIN: DE0008045501).
Further information is available on www.dvbbank.com.


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Language: English
Company: DVB Bank SE
Platz der Republik 6
60325 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Internet: www.dvbbank.com
ISIN: DE0008045501
WKN: 804550
Listed: Regulated Market in Frankfurt (General Standard);
Regulated Unofficial Market in Dusseldorf, Stuttgart


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