Austrian Post appoints new Management Board member

The Supervisory Board of Austrian Post formally appointed Mr. Carl-Gerold Mende to the Management Board with management responsibility for the Parcel & Logistics Division. He will begin work in the middle of June 2008.

Carl-Gerold Mende has been named a Member of the Management Board of Austrian Post for a period of three years, with the option of being granted an extension of his employment contract for an additional two years.

Carl-Gerold Mende, with a university degree in business administration, most recently worked for Royal Mail Group Ltd since 2004 as a member of the divisional managing board for the letter mail segment and Director of its International Division, which he transformed into a profitable and sustainable source of growth.

After a short stint as operations agent at Frankfurt Airport, Carl-Gerold Mende began his career with DHL and was later named group manager. In 1985, he took a job at Federal Express Europe Inc., where he led the German management of the “Central District“. At the same time, he concluded his studies in business administration at the University of Applied Sciences in Rendsburg. In 1993, Carl-Gerold Mende was named to the management board of General Parcel Logistic. As Managing Director, he was intimately involved in building up Europe’s largest parcel delivery service. In the years 2001 – 2004, he served as Senior Vice President of GLS Holding in Amsterdam before assuming the position of International Director of Royal Mail in London.

He also represented the interests of Royal Mail as a Member of the Advisory Council of G3 Worldwide (Spring) BV (a joint venture company established by TNT, SingPost and Royal Mail).

The Supervisory Board of Austrian Post formally appointed Mr. Carl-Gerold Mende to the Management Board with management responsibility for the Parcel & Logistics Division. He will begin work in the middle of June 2008.

Carl-Gerold Mende has been named a Member of the Management Board of Austrian Post for a period of three years, with the option of being granted an extension of his employment contract for an additional two years.

Carl-Gerold Mende, with a university degree in business administration, most recently worked for Royal Mail Group Ltd since 2004 as a member of the divisional managing board for the letter mail segment and Director of its International Division, which he transformed into a profitable and sustainable source of growth.

After a short stint as operations agent at Frankfurt Airport, Carl-Gerold Mende began his career with DHL and was later named group manager. In 1985, he took a job at Federal Express Europe Inc., where he led the German management of the “Central District“. At the same time, he concluded his studies in business administration at the University of Applied Sciences in Rendsburg. In 1993, Carl-Gerold Mende was named to the management board of General Parcel Logistic. As Managing Director, he was intimately involved in building up Europe’s largest parcel delivery service. In the years 2001 – 2004, he served as Senior Vice President of GLS Holding in Amsterdam before assuming the position of International Director of Royal Mail in London.

He also represented the interests of Royal Mail as a Member of the Advisory Council of G3 Worldwide (Spring) BV (a joint venture company established by TNT, SingPost and Royal Mail).