Pallet-Management-Services - AFM

sales increased from €203.0 million (1991) to €1.1 billion
(2000). Prior to Hagemeyer Deutschland GmbH, Mr. Nimtsch
served as a Tax Advisor and Public Chartered Accountant for
Deloitte & Touche and PricewaterhouseCoopers. He holds a
degree in business economics from the University of Munich.
Wolfgang Orgeldinger became Chief Operating Officer of
the company in January 2002 and previously served as Chief
Information Officer of IFCO SYSTEMS with responsibility for
e-logistics and IT since December 2000. Mr. Orgeldinger also
became a Managing Director of IFCO SYSTEMS GmbH in
February 2001 and is serving as Supervisory Board member in
subsidiaries of the Company. Before joining IFCO SYSTEMS
Mr. Orgeldinger was a member of the Executive Board of
Computer 2000 AG, Europe‘s leading IT distributor, where
he was responsible for the company’s European logistics, IT,
technical services, and configuration and assembly operations.
From 1997 to 1999, Mr. Orgeldinger served as Managing
Director of the Computer 2000 Deutschland GmbH, prior to that
he worked there for 3 years as Director IT & Logistics. Before
joining Computer 2000, Mr. Orgeldinger worked for nine years
for Digital Equipment in various management positions in the
area of marketing, sales, consulting, IT and operations.
David S. Russell became President of IFCO SYSTEMS North
America Inc. (Pallet-Management-Services and RPC US) in
January 2002. He joined IFCO SYSTEMS North America in
May 2000 as Senior Vice President with responsibility for
sales and marketing and as General Manager for the US RPC
business. Prior to joining IFCO SYSTEMS, he served, beginning
in March 1999, as a Director and President and Chief Executive
Officer of General Rental, Inc., a privately held equipment rental
company in Pompano Beach, Florida. From October 1996 to
August 1998, Mr. Russell was Vice President/General Manager
of Ryder TRS, Inc., a privately held company with publicly traded
bond debt in Denver, Colorado. Beginning in 1982, Mr. Russell
also served in various management positions, including as an
Officer, at Ryder System, Inc., a publicly traded company, until
the sale of its Consumer Truck Rental Division in October 1996.
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