DSD Sales Manager Michael Wiener appointed Managing Director

Cologne, 18 May 2009. With effect from 1 June 2009, Michael Wiener (44) is appointed Managing Director Sales and member of the board at Duales System Deutschland GmbH (DSD). In this newly created position, Michael Wiener will be responsible for the company’s entire sales strategy remit, in which as Sales Director he has since June 2006 overseen introduction of the regional structure and set up new lines of business, successfully stabilising DSD’s market shares to the present day. Before joining DSD GmbH, Michael Wiener was Board Chairman at RWE Umwelt Süd GmbH.

The accession of Michael Wiener to DSD’s board constitutes a further qualitative upgrade for the company’s customer management in a fiercely competitive market. He will be supported by the new Sales Manager Dr. Markus van Halteren (47), hitherto Head of Product Management and Marketing, who will be succeeded in that post by Ulf Doster (33), hitherto responsible for sales controlling.

Contact person:

Klaus Hillebrand

Telephone: +49(0) 22 03/9 37-257

About DSD:
The Green Dot – Duales System Deutschland GmbH (DSD), employing around 300 people at four facilities in Germany, is a leading provider of take-back systems. These include not only close-to-home collection and recovery of sales packages, but also eco-friendly, cost-efficient recycling of used electrical and electronic equipment and transport packages, facility disposal services and deposit clearing.