Gütersloh, Germany, 2nd April 2013 - Achim Berg, 47, is the new Chief Executive Officer of arvato AG and a member of the Executive Board of Bertelsmann SE & Co. KGaA, with effect from the beginning of April. The Supervisory Board of Bertelsmann had announced his appointment last November. A former Microsoft manager, Berg is now in charge of the over 63,000 employees who work for arvato in nearly 40 countries.