Fressnapf wins over REWE Digital Managing Director: Dr. Johannes Steegmann forms the Managing Board of Fressnapf Holding SE together with Dr. Hans-Jörg Gidlewitz

After Dr. Matthias Bauer has changed from OBI Digital to the Fressnapf Group on

May 1st, now Dr. Johannes Steegmann will reinforce the top management in Krefeld. He will change per August 1st, 2020 from the REWE Group to the Managing Board of the Fressnapf Group. With this, the

group underlines the importance of its digital transformation from a pure trading company to THE ecosystem for animal lovers and their pets in Europe Despite or precisely because of the Corona crisis,

Torsten Toeller, company owner and Chairman of the Administrative Board, wants to push this strategic thrustevenmorestronglyaspartofthe“FressnapfChallenge”. „WeareveryhappythatwithDr.Johannes

Steegmann we have found an experienced top specialist for customer focus and digitalization, who is also veryfamiliarwithworkingwithindependentbusinessmen.Additionally,Johannesisanexcellentpersonal match”,saysTorstenToeller.Dr.JohannesSteegmannwillformthenewManagingBoardoftheFressnapf Group alongside Dr. Hans-Jörg Gidlewitz. He will take over Folkert’s responsibilities for the areas

CustomerExperience,SalesGermany,IT&Processes,People,CorporateRelationsandLegal/Compliance.

The current Managing Director Folkert Schultz hands over his areas of operational responsibility a good two years after his return to the operational business. With his return back he will take over the position as Deputy Chairman of the Administrative Board. Torsten Toeller: „I thank him for his excellent performance and for his exceptional commitment and I look forward to continuing to work with Folkert.“ The role on the Administrative Board allows Folkert Schultz to strategically and organizationally

workfortheFressnapfGroupandatthesametimetofocusmoreonportfolioworkandtheresponsibility for the Toeller Family Office. „My return to Fressnapf as managing director was planned from the start as

a transition phase. It has now been more than two years and I have enjoyed the cooperation and trust of the employees and our franchise partners very much. With Johannes Steegmann we have now found a perfectsuccessorwhowillaccompanyusevenbetterinthetransformationandthisgivesmethefreedom to focus more on my management role again” reports Folkert Schultz.

Graduated economist Johannes Steegmann started his career at Bertelsmann AG and then worked at McKinseyfornineyearsbeforehechangedtoREWEGroupin2011. TherehehelpedbuildupREWEDigital GmbH as managing director. Later the national marketing department of REWE was added to his

responsibility. At Fressnapf he will significantly contribute in taking the transformation “Fressnapf- Challenge”, initiated in 2018, to the next level and to help implement our mission towards a customer- centered and data-driven Fressnapf ecosystem for pets, which is: We do everything to make the relationship of pets and pet parents easier, better and happier!

Followingthelatestchanges,thetopmanagementoftheFressnapfGroupwillbeasfollowsfromAugust, 1st of this year:

Chairman of the Administrative Board: Torsten Toeller

Deputy Chairman of the Administrative Board: Folkert Schultz

Further members of the Administrative Board: Prof. Dr. Arnold Weissman, Bob Moran, Nicola Dechamps

Executive Management Fressnapf Group: Dr. Hans-Jörg Gidlewitz, Dr. Johannes Steegmann Management Fressnapf Group: Dr. Matthias Bauer (Customer Experience), Benjamin Beinroth (IT & Processes), Jens Berger (People), Heiko Bücker (Product Offer), Jochen Huppert (Sales Germany), Christian Kümmel (Controlling & Corporate Development), Norbert Marschallinger (Sales INTL)