MorphoSys Announces Change in Executive Management Board: Jens Holstein to become Chief Financial Officer

28-Feb-2011 - Germany

MorphoSys AG announced that Jens Holstein, currently Regional CFO for the region EME (Europe/Middle East) of Fresenius Kabi AG and Managing Director of Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH, will succeed Dave Lemus both as Chief Financial Officer of MorphoSys AG and as a member of the executive management board (Vorstand). Mr. Lemus will step down from his position as CFO with the Company in March 2011 to pursue other opportunities. Mr. Holstein will take up his position on May 1, 2011.

Dave Lemus has been Chief Financial Officer of MorphoSys AG since February 1998. After taking the Company public in 1999, Mr. Lemus held responsibility for a variety of areas including corporate development, corporate communications and legal.

Jens Holstein has served in a variety of financial and general management positions at Fresenius since joining in 1995. From 2006 until 2010, he was Regional Chief Financial Officer of Fresenius Kabi Asia Pacific Ltd., based in Hong Kong. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Holstein was Managing Director of Fresenius ProServe GmbH and Finance Director and Labor Director of the company's subsidiary Wittgensteiner Kliniken AG. Earlier positions within Fresenius included General Manager of hospitalia care GmbH, Commercial Manager of the Projects & Service business unit of Fresenius AG and Commercial Manager of hospitalia international GmbH. Prior to joining Fresenius, Mr. Holstein spent six years in the consulting industry, with positions in Frankfurt and London.

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