Wienerberger AG

Wienerberger enlarges its Managing Board: "Chief Performance Officer" as a new Managing Board function - Seite 2

Solveig Menard-Galli is Austrian by birth. She received her MBA degree in controlling, strategic management, marketing and international management from the University of Klagenfurt, where she also taught as a freelance lecturer. She completed her studies at Fontainebleau (INSEAD) and in Hawaii, where she obtained a Certificate of International Management. She started her professional career with Brau Union, a member of the Heineken Group. In 2008, she moved on to the Heineken Group headquarters in Amsterdam and was appointed Finance Director for Heineken Netherlands in 2011. After some time in executive positions at L'Oréal Austria, she joined Wienerberger in 2016 as CFO of the Clay Building Materials Europe Division. Since 2018, she has been in charge of the Fast Forward program. The objective of the program is to generate an additional EUR 120 million in EBITDA between 2018 and 2020 through efficiency enhancements. The savings target of roughly EUR 20 million set for 2018 was comfortably achieved in the program's first year.

Wienerberger Group
Wienerberger is the world's largest producer of bricks (Porotherm, Terca) and the market leader in clay roof tiles (Koramic, Tondach) in Europe as well as concrete pavers (Semmelrock) in Central and Eastern Europe. In pipe systems (Steinzeug-Keramo ceramic pipes and Pipelife plastic pipes), the company is one of the leading suppliers in Europe. With its total of 195 production sites, the Wienerberger Group generated revenues of Eur 3.3 billion and EBITDA of Eur 470 million in 2018.

For further information please contact
Judith Hinterberger, Assistant to CEO, Wienerberger AG
t [phone] - 10111 | [e-mail]

Klaus Ofner, Head of Investor Relations Wienerberger AG
t [phone] - 10221 | [e-mail]

Wienerberger AG is a pure free float company, whereby the majority of shares are held by Austrian and international institutional investors. Additional information on the shareholder structure is provided under http://www.wienerberger.com/investor-relations/the-wienerberger-share/the-wienerberger-share/shareholder-structure.

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emitter: Wienerberger AG
address: Wienerbergstraße 11, 1100 Wien
country: Austria
contact person: Judith Hinterberger, Assistant to CEO
phone: [phone]
e-mail: [e-mail]
website: www.wienerberger.com

ISIN(s): AT0000831706 (share)
stock exchanges: official trade in Vienna

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