With deepest gratitude and appreciation: Marcel Egger leaves the EUROGATE Group Management Board

Bremen, 9 January 2026 – Marcel Egger, member of the Group Executive Board and Chief Financial Officer of the EUROGATE Group, has asked the EUROGATE shareholders to terminate his contract for health reasons and has left the company on 31 December 2025. Following a serious illness early last year, he is now well on the road to a full recovery, but a return to the high level of work intensity he has always set for himself is currently neither conceivable nor responsible for him.

Michael Blach, Chairman of the EUROGATE Group Management Board, said on the occasion of this decision: “We respect Marcel Egger’s decision, as it is the only sensible one in this difficult situation. A person’s health takes precedence over professional interests, and we are very pleased that Marcel’s recovery process is progressing so positively. However, we also regret this development because he has accompanied and significantly led our company for over 25 years with great responsibility, foresight and personal commitment. Many of the developments and foundations on which we work and build today bear his signature. Growth, stability and cohesion were not just buzzwords for him, but a way of life.We would like to thank Marcel Egger for his extraordinary lifetime achievement and his deep connection to our company. We wish him all the best for the future, above all strength, confidence and good health.”

EUROGATE shareholder and founding father Thomas Eckelmann, who brought Marcel Egger to EUROKAI in 1991, said: “It is with great sadness that I now let Marcello go. He has dedicated his life to EUROKAI for the last 34 years and to EUROGATE since 1999, always acting as both a driving force and a voice of reason with outstanding analytical skills. He has significantly influenced our manifold decisions throughout this time, always keeping the well-being and future of our companies in mind. I have the utmost respect for his work, his reliability and his dedication. However, his health is even more important to me, and I therefore fully support the decision that has now been made.”