In its meeting on 24th August 2016, the Supervisory Board of K + S Aktiengesellschaft, Kassel/Germany, appointed Dr. Burk-hard Lohr future Chairman of the Board of Executive Directors of the company. Currently Chief Financial Officer of K + S, Lohr is due to take over from Norbert Steiner when he retires on 12th May 2017. The Super-visory Board is due to appoint additional members of the Executive Board – Chief Financial Officer, Director of the Potash and Magnesium Products business unit – in the near future.