Gerd Günther, Novaled’s vice president marketing and sales, is appointed member of the Management Board of the company as per April 1, 2010

Günther joined Novaled in March 2005 as VP marketing and sales. Since then, Novaled has continuously developed its business and established deep partnerships with key corporations around the world dealing with OLED for display and lighting.

In 1989, Günther accomplished his diploma in business administration at the Nuremberg Hochschule, with specialization in marketing. After having worked two years as marketing assistant at Medicare Pfrimmer in Erlangen, Günther joined in 1991 Grundig AG in Fuerth, starting an impressive career as product manager for portable audio.

Three years later, he took over the position of the general manager of the Grundig Hong Kong office, where under his responsibility the business unit portable audio was developed into high profitability. Having returned to Fuerth in 1997, Günther held the functions head of the group marketing audio/hifi, general manager marketing sound and car audio, as well as director marketing, consumer electronics, driving the product management and sales activities of the consumer electronic division.

“Novaled has demonstrated its capacity to become a recognized OLED world leader in the past years” said Thilo von Selchow, Novaled chairman, “with the OLED display market taking off and the promising OLED lighting in front of us the company would develop its business in the coming years. It is the appropriate time for Gerd to join the Management Board.”

“I am delighted to have Gerd joining the Management Board,” said Gildas Sorin, Novaled CEO. “Since his arrival at Novaled, Gerd has demonstrated his capability to develop the business of the company. As member of the Management Board I am very confident that he will reinforce his contribution to the Novaled growth.”