Bellevue Group AG announced that the current director Veit de Maddalena will be proposed as the new chairman of the board at the Annual General Meeting on March 19, 2019. He is the designated successor to Thomas von Planta, who has decided not to stand for re-election. Mrs. Mirjam Staub-Bisang is also not standing for re-election. Katrin Wehr-Seiter and Urs Schenker will be proposed as new members of the Board of Directors. Katrin Wehr-Seiter is a Partner and Managing Director of BIP Capital Partners SA and BIP Investment Partners SA. Mrs. Wehr-Seiter had previously worked as a Principal at Permira, and supported thereafter as an independent advisor of medium-sized companies, and the international private equity group Bridgepoint as a Senior Advisor. Urs Schenker is an attorney with Walder Wyss in Zurich. He has extensive experience in corporate, financial and capital markets law and is titular professor at the University of St. Gallen.