Press Release

03.04.2020

Redistribution of responsibilities following ARAG corporate leadership change

Dr. Dr. h. c. Paul-Otto Faßbender (73), longstanding Chairman of the Management Board of ARAG SE, will withdraw from corporate management effective July 4, 2020. Concurrently, Dr. Renko Dirksen will assume his mandate as Management Board Speaker (see the press release dated May 29, 2019). The Supervisory Board has now redistributed duties within the Management Board.

Following the withdrawal of Dr. Paul-Otto Faßbender, Dr. Renko Dirksen (43) will assume board-level responsibility for Legal Affairs, Compliance and Communication/Marketing in addition to his present duties. Executive responsibility for Human Resources and Auditing will be combined in a stand-alone role taken on by Dr. Werenfried Wendler (61), who has been appointed to the position by the Supervisory Board of ARAG SE effective immediately. All other board-level functions will retain their current responsibilities. Dr. Werenfried Wendler has served the Düsseldorf-based family-owned enterprise as Senior Vice President, Human Resources, since 2002. He is also a Member of the Boards of ARAG Krankenversicherungs-AG, ARAG Allgemeine Versicherungs-AG and Interlloyd Versicherungs-AG.

Changes in the composition of the Boards of ARAG Allgemeine and Interlloyd
Following his appointment to the Management Board of ARAG SE, Dr. Werenfried Wendler will resign from the Boards of ARAG Allgemeine Versicherungs-AG and Interlloyd Versicherungs-AG. He will be replaced on the Boards of ARAG Allgemeine Versicherungs-AG and Interlloyd Versicherungs-AG by Zouhair Haddou-Temsamani (42), also effective immediately. Zouhair Haddou-Temsamani will assume board responsibility for Marketing and Product Management while remaining responsible for the Group Sales and National Product Management Departments at ARAG SE.