In addition Melody Harris-Jensbach (46) has been appointed as Deputy CEO of PUMA AG. As a member of the PUMA Board of Management she will take on the responsibility for the areas Product, Product development, Design, Business Unit Management and Worldwide Sourcing for the PUMA Retail Business from January 1st, 2008 and take over the position as Deputy CEO of Martin Gaensler.

Jochen Zeitz was appointed as Chairman and CEO of PUMA AG in 1993 and since then has lead the company through the different phases of the company development: Following Phase I of the restructuring of the company (1993-1997), Phase II with investments into the brand was introduced (1998-2001), followed by Phase III referred to as Momentum (2002-2005). In 2006 Phase IV characterized by company expansion was introduced.