Changes to the Managing Board of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors

FlashlightNews.org - 12/19/2006

Josef Ringsgwandl appointed CFO, Robert Wittgen is moving to the parent company OSRAM as Global CIO

Josef Ringsgwandl
CFO at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors.

Robert Wittgen
OSRAM Global Chief Information Officer

REGENSBURG, De. - On January 1, 2007 Josef Ringsgwandl (49) will take over as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) from Robert Wittgen (48) on the Managing Board of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors. Wittgen is moving to the parent company OSRAM where he will take on the role of Global Chief Information Officer (CIO).

Josef Ringsgwandl started his career in 1975 in the Lighting division at Siemens in Traunreut. In 1997 he moved to OSRAM in Munich where he headed the Controlling department for the Ballasts and Luminaires division. In Regensburg, Josef Ringsgwandl joins the team of Dr. Rüdiger Müller, who chairs the Managing Board, and Jörg Thäle, who is responsible for the production side. He is married and has three grown-up sons.

Robert Wittgen has been responsible for finances at OSRAM Opto Semiconductors since 1999. As CIO he now takes on global responsibility for information technology in the OSRAM group.

About OSRAM Opto Semiconductors

OSRAM Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg is a wholly owned subsidiary of OSRAM, one of the world´s two leading lighting manufacturers in the world. It offers its customers solutions based on semiconductor technology for lighting, sensor and visualization applications. The company employs more than 3,500 people worldwide and operates sites in Regensburg (Germany), San Jose (USA) and Penang (Malaysia). Sales for the fiscal year ending September 2006 totaled more than EUR 500 million.

Further information you can also find on the website of OSRAM Opto Semiconductors.