Andreas Preuss is leaving the general management of Eurex Deutschland on the best of terms as of October 11, 2000. As of the same date, his activity as a member of the Executive Board of Eurex AG, Zurich, the Executive Board of Eurex AG, Frankfurt, and Eurex Clearing AG as well as his membership on the Management Commitee of a/c/e (alliance/cbot/eurex), the joint venture between the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) and Eurex, also end. Jörg Franke said "Andreas Preuss has played a decisive role in the worldwide success of Eurex. It is due above all to his efforts and commitment in setting up the a/c/e joint venture of Eurex and CBOT that the joint platform got off to such a successful start."
Michael Widmer has been a member of the Management Committee of a/c/e, alliance/cbot/eurex, since February 2000. Widmer comes from the law practice of Nobel & Hug, where he was active as a lawyer for banking, stock-exchange and business law in Zurich from 1996 to 2000; it is in this capacity that he was also involved in the creation and development of Eurex since 1997.