The AGRANA Group announced that Walter Grausam, Chief Financial Officer, will be leaving the Management Board of the AGRANA Group (AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG) and retiring upon the expiry of his current contract on 31 December 2014. Walter Grausam has been the CFO of the AGRANA Group since 1995 and is stepping down at the end of the year at his own request and in accordance with his personal planning. At the same time, the Supervisory Board of AGRANA also appointed Stephan Buettner a member of the Management Board effective 1 November 2014.

With effect from 1 January 2015, Stephan Buettner will be the board member responsible for the areas of Finance, Controlling, Treasury, Data Processing /Organisation, Mergers & Acquisitions, Legal Affairs as well as for the Fruit segment. Stephan Buettner initially worked in positions at companies including KPMG AUSTRIA GmbH and EULOX LOGISTICS GmbH. After joining Raiffeisen Ware Austria AG in 2001 Stephan Buettner was CEO at its subsidiary Ybbstaler Fruit Austria GmbH as of 2004.