AUBAGNE, France & GOETTINGEN, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting of Sartorius Stedim Biotech S.A. (Paris:DIM) listed on the French stock exchange resolved today to appoint Dr. Oscar-Werner Reif as an additional member to the Board of Directors. By passing this resolution, the Annual General Shareholders’ Meeting has followed the Board’s proposal to have an executive director with proven research and development expertise additionally represented in the Sartorius Stedim Biotech Group’s top executive committee. Moreover, effective May 1, 2009, Dr. Reif will be appointed as a managing director to join the current managing directors, Volker Niebel and Reinhard Vogt, of Goettingen-based Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH.
