Joachim Felker, 60, is retiring from the K+S Aktiengesellschaft supervisory board and the board of executive directors when his contract expires Sept. 30, 2012.
Dr. Burkhard Lohr, 49, has been appointed to the board of executive directors and will take over the position of CFO June 1, 2012. He was most recently CFO and also personnel director at Hochtief AG, Essen. Lohr studied business administration at the University of Cologne and obtained his Ph.D. at the Technical University of Braunschweig. Norbert Steiner, K+S executive, had taken over the CFO post on a transitional basis.