GEA Group Aktiengesellschaft announced that at its extraordinary meeting held on April 21, 2022, the supervisory board of the company approved an application for former BDI president Professor Dieter Kempf to be appointed by the district court as member of the Supervisory Board. Simultaneously, subject to his appointment by the court, Professor Dieter Kempf was elected as the new Chairman of the Supervisory Board. He will take over from Klaus Helmrich, who resigned for personal reasons with effect from May 15, 2022.