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Berlin, 1 April 2022 – Veridos GmbH, a joint venture of the Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) security group and the Bundesdruckerei Group, announces changes in the management team. Anne Dierkopf, CFO of Veridos, will leave the company by April 30, 2022 in order to pursue new career opportunities. Dr. Christian Thywissen joins the management of Veridos as her successor.

Anne Dierkopf joined the company on July 1st, 2014 during the founding phase of Veridos, the joint venture between Bundesdruckerei and G+D. From the very beginning, she accompanied the establishment and development of the new joint venture. In the years that followed, her commitment and expertise made a significant contribution to the growth and development of Veridos.

As successor of Anne Dierkopf, Dr. Christian Thywissen will join Veridos on April 1st, 2022. Effective May 1st, 2022, he will become member of the management board and assume the position of CFO. Dr. Christian Thywissen has more than 20 years of professional experience in operational and strategic controlling, finance and accounting as well as M&A transactions.

After his successful international career at Symrise, Infineon and EADS, among others, Dr. Christian Thywissen was most recently Managing Director Finance at the Palm Group.

“We would like to take this opportunity to thank Anne Dierkopf for the very good, trustful and successful cooperation over the past eight years and wish her all the best for her further professional career and private future. With Dr. Christian Thywissen, we are gaining an international finance professional with broad experience in a wide range of business models and markets worldwide,” states Dr. Stefan Hofschen, CEO of Bundesdruckerei Group.

“This placement once more underlines the strong commitment of both shareholders to the development and growth path of Veridos GmbH. We wish Dr. Christian Thywissen all the best in his new role,” said Ralf Wintergerst, Group CEO and chairman of the management board of G+D.

Veridos GmbH

Veridos is a world-leading provider of integrated identity solutions. Governments and public authorities in more than 100 countries trust the company’s uniquely comprehensive product portfolio. The company creates end-to-end solutions and services perfectly tailored to meet every government identity need. These range from paper to security printing, electrical chip components, enrollment, identity management systems, personalization and issuance, mobile ID solutions, and border control solutions including eGates. Governments can acquire best-in-class passports, ID cards, driver’s licenses, and more, or even the facilities to manufacture their own.

Learn more about Veridos at www.veridos.com.

Giesecke+Devrient

Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) is a global security technology group headquartered in Munich. As a trusted partner to customers with the highest demands, G+D secures the essential values of the world with its solutions. The company develops technology with passion and precision in four major playing fields: payment, connectivity, identities and digital infrastructures.

G+D was founded in 1852. In the fiscal year 2021, the company generated a turnover of 2.38 billion euros with around 11,800 employees. G+D is represented by 81 subsidiaries and joint ventures in 33 countries. Further information: www.gi-de.com​

Bundesdruckerei Group​

Bundesdruckerei Gruppe GmbH is a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of the German federal government; as a government IT security company, it assumes social responsibility and is particularly committed to Germany’s digital sovereignty. The Group’s subsidiaries offer products and solutions for secure identities, secure data and secure infrastructure for the public sector and for particularly sensitive areas of society and the enterprise sector.

Its subsidiaries include Bundesdruckerei GmbH with its subsidiary Maurer Electronics GmbH, as well as DTrust GmbH, genua GmbH, Xecuro GmbH and iNCO Spółka z o.o. The Group currently employs a workforce of more than 3,400 and in 2020 generated revenue of around EUR 568 million. Bundesdruckerei Gruppe GmbH also holds interests in Veridos GmbH, DERMALOG Identification Systems GmbH and Verimi GmbH. For more information, go to: www.bundesdruckerei.de.

Contact

Veridos GmbH
Christoph Lang
Spokesperson
Tel: +49 89 4119-2164
E-Mail: christoph.lang@gi-de.com​

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