Thomas Vollmoeller takes over as CEO at XING AG from today

Hamburg, October 16, 2012 – As of today, Thomas Vollmoeller (52) will assume his duties as CEO at XING AG, operator of the leading business network in German-speaking countries. As planned, he will take over from former CEO Stefan Groß-Selbeck who in May announced his intention to pursue new professional challenges.

After completing his studies, Thomas Vollmoeller spent ten years working for McKinsey & Co. in Hamburg and Düsseldorf. From 1997, he held various positions at Tchibo GmbH, most recently as a member of the board in charge of the entire Non Food division. During his time at Tchibo, Thomas was responsible for the successful development of the company’s e-commerce business activities. In 2008, he went to work for the Valora Group, taking on the position of the company’s CEO.

About XING
XING is the social network for business professionals. More than 12 million members worldwide use XING to boost their business, job, and career. XING is a platform where professionals from all kinds of different industries can meet up, find jobs, colleagues, new assignments, cooperation partners, experts and generate business ideas. Members can meet and exchange views in over 50,000 specialist groups, while also getting together at networking events. The platform is operated by XING AG, which was founded in Hamburg, Germany, in 2003, has been publicly listed since 2006, and listed on the TecDAX since September 2011. In December 2010, XING acquired amiando AG, a Munich-based company and Europe’s leading provider of online event management and ticketing. Please visit www.xing.com for more information.