Dr. Alexander Selent to Succeed Dr. Kurt W. Bock in the Board of ZEW’s Sponsors' Association

Dr. Alexander Selent, deputy chairman of the executive board at Fuchs Petrolub SE, has been elected new deputy chairman of ZEW's Sponsors' Association for Science and Practice. Selent is the successor to Dr. Kurt W. Bock, chairman of the board of executive directors at BASF SE, who is retiring from his position at the Sponsors' Association after nine years of service. Alexander Selent has been a member of the Sponsors' Association since September 2005. At the general meeting, Luka Mucic, chief financial officer and chief operating officer at the executive board of SAP SE, was also elected to the board of the Sponsors' Association.

The six members of the Sponsors' Association's board, next to Selent and Mucic, are Dr. Ralf Krieger, member of the management board at Freudenberg SE; Dr. Georg Müller, chief executive and commercial director at MVV Energie AG; Dr. Uwe Schroeder-Wildberg, CEO of MLP AG; and the board’s chairman Professor Andreas Dulger, CEO at ProMinent GmbH.

The ZEW Sponsors' Association for Science and Practice supports ZEW’s work. The members of this association, some 160 firms and personalities, ensure a constant exchange between the domains of research and entrepreneurial practice. The Sponsors' Association funds research projects at ZEW and supports major events at the institute.

For more information please contact

Thomas Kohl, Phone +49/621/1235 111, E-mail kohl@zew.de