Munich, 22 July 2011 – Dr. Nikolas Deskovic, 47, is retiring of his own accord from his position as managing director of AutoScout24 as well as from all other functions he held within the AutoScout24 companies abroad with immediate effect and will leave the company.

“Niko Deskovic was co-founder of AutoScout24; he built it up, led it to its position as European market leader and achieved great successes as its manager over a period of ten years. I personally would like to express my sincere gratitude for his long-standing commitment as managing director. I wish him every conceivable success and happiness for his professional and private future", says Dr. Martin Enderle, CEO Scout24.

The management team at AutoScout24 now consists of André Stark and Alberto Sanz de Lama. Both are experienced top managers and long-standing members of the management team at AutoScout24. In addition to his existing tasks Stark will take over the Human Resources sector from Deskovic, whilst Sanz de Lama will in future adopt the additional responsibility of managing subsidiaries abroad and internationalisation of AutoScout24.

About Scout24:

Scout24 is one of Europe's leading group of companies for online market places. The seven marketplaces of the Scout24 Group, AutoScout24, ElectronicScout24, FinanceScout24, FriendScout24, ImmobilienScout24, JobScout24, TravelScout24 and the portal Jobs.de are present in 18 countries. As a strong partner, Scout supports its customers in important decisions, in particular in the fields of housing, mobility, employment, partnership and finance. Every month, around eight million Internet users place their confidence in the offerings provided by the Scout24 Group, which is a part of the Deutsche Telekom Group. Further information is available under www.scout24.com.

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