Dr. Reinhard Walter was appointed president of the Engineering Systems unit and member of the Management Board on April 1 2007. He has served on the management board of directors of ALD since December 2001 and has served as chairman of the management board of ALD since September 2004. From 1997 to 2001 Dr. Walter acted as chief financial officer and deputy chairman of VBH Holding AG Stuttgart Germany an international trading company listed on the Frankfurt and Stuttgart stock exchanges. He became a member of the executive board of directors in Berzelius Umwelt-Service AG a recycler of industrial residues in Germany and various other countries. From March 2005 until March 2006 Dr. Walter was a managing director of PFW Aerospace Speyer Germany and from 1983 to 1988 he was managing director of Uraphos Chemie GmbH a company operating engineering and recycling services for industrial waste such as secondary aluminium. Dr. Walter received a business administration degree and a doctorate in economics from the University of Saarbr�cken Germany. |