Dr. Florian Langenscheidt Joins the Board of friendlyway AG / Unanimous Vote at the Annual Shareholders' Meeting

Munich (PROTEXT/ots) - At this year's Annual Shareholders'Meeting of friendlyway AG, Dr Florian Langenscheidt wasunanimously elected as the sixth member of the Board. As a board member, Dr. Florian Langenscheidt chieflyrepresents Transatlantic Ventures AG, in addition to his otherresponsibilities. Dr. Florian Langenscheidt - Biographical Details Born in Berlin in 1955; German Studies, Journalism and Philosophy at Munich; Doctorate "summa cum laude" in Advertising; Studied Publishing at Harvard and Cambridge; two years in Publishing in New York; Master of Business Administration at INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France; Board Member of the Bibliographical Institute & F. A.Brockhaus AG (publishers of BROCKHAUS, MEYER and DUDEN, 1988-2001); Author of "1000 Happy Moments", Heyne, 1991, "Wishing on Shooting Stars", Heyne, 1992, "Happiness with Children", Heyne, 1997", "100 x Courage - Good Examples for the Third Millennium",Heyne, 1999; Author of numerous newspaper and magazine articles (includingsome for the FAZ, SZ, TAGESSPIEGEL, FORBES and MAX); Columnist for CAPITAL; Editor of "At Home. Prominent People Talk about theirChildhood" (Econ, 1995); Committee Member, Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF); Founder and Chairman, "Children for a Better World"; Partner "German Foundation for Children and Youth"; Member of Board of Trustees, "The Reading Foundation" and "Atlantic Bridge"; Co-founder, "Atlantic Club"; Member of Munich Gentlemen'sClub; Lectureship at Ludwig-Maximilian University, Munich (1988 -2001); Presenter of "Night-club" and "Around Munich" on Bavarian TV (since 1992); Board Chairman, Transatlantic Ventures AG ; Board Member, Mediantis AG and friendlyway AG; on Advisory Committee of Engel & Völkers and World Guide Inc.; Member of the Publishers' Committee of the Stock Exchange Association of the German Book Trade (1992-1999); Founding chairman of the study group, "Electronic Publishing" (Representation of the German Publishing Industry inMultimedia and Internet Matters); Leader of the "Basic Principles of Limited Companies"Committee in the Federal President's Initiative Group for the Future (1996-1999); Member of the Advisory Committee to the Federal Parliament's Commission of Enquiry "Future of the Media in the Economy andin Society" (1996 -1998); Member of the BDI Committee " Politics of Multimedia and Telecommunications" (since 2000); Partner in the Langenscheidt Publishing Group (includingLangenscheidt, Langenscheidt-Longman, Brockhaus, Duden, Meyer,Polyglott, APA, Könemann and Hexaglot), Mediantis AG,Transatlantic Airship Travel Company, i:FAO AG, Camgaroo AG, QED,Bet & Win AG, Gemstar, GAP, Fantastic AG, ARCUM/VECTRUM, IPPlanet, friendlyway AG, Upsolut Sports AG, Transatlantic VenturesAG etc. ots Original Text Service: friendlyway AG Internet:www.presseportal.de If you have any further questions, contactus at: friendlyway AG Münchner Str. 12-16 85774 Unterföhring(+49) (0) 89 95 97 91 55 (+49) (0) 89 95 97 91 40 e-mail:andreas.stuetz@friendlyway.com

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