Petra Griesel will assume her position as manager of the outdoor_ and ski_ispo communities on January 2, 2006, succeeding Tobias Gröber. Mr. Gröber will then take over management of the ispo Group from Peter Knoll.

Following an extensive stay in Australia, Ms. Griesel joined the PR agency Kern Gottbrath Kommunikation, which specialises in sports, outdoors and textiles and has its office in Munich, where she was responsible for the portfolios of outdoor companies such as Arc`teryx, Black Diamond and Primus for four years. Within the ispo Group, she will be responsible for the complete and targeted handling of the international outdoor and ski industries as well as for networking the interests of industry, commerce, associations, partners and the media.