Christoph Franz nominated to become new Roche Chairman

16-Sep-2013 At the forthcoming Annual Shareholders Meeting on 4 March 2014, the Roche Board of Directors will propose Christoph Franz to be elected as Chairman of the Board. Christoph Franz is thus nominated to succeed Franz B. Humer, who announced at the last shareholder meeting that he would not be standing for re-election. Christoph Franz will not renew his contract as CEO of the Lufthansa Group, which expires on 31 May 2014.