Petra von Strombeck hands over the chairmanship of the Management Board of New Work SE to CFO & COO Henning Rönneberg

Hamburg, May 13, 2025- Petra von Strombeck (55), a member of theManagement Board ofNew Work SE since January2020 and itsCEO sinceApril of thesame year, has informed the company's SupervisoryBoard that she intends to stepdown fromher positionat the end of theAnnual General Meeting on June 23 and hand it over toher successor. This isat her own requestand bymutual agreement with the company's SupervisoryBoard. Henning Rönneberg(56), whowas appointed to theManagement Board asCFO&COO in March of this year, will succeedStrombeck asCEO at the end of theAnnual General Meeting.

Duringher time in office, Petra von Strombeck has comprehensively restructured the companyand focusedon thestrong XING and kununu brands. In the course of this, XING has set the course for repositioning itself asa jobsnetwork througha productand marketingoffensive. Italso succeededin developing thekununu brand intoa strong growth driver. The leading employerreview platformin German-speakingcountries not only reportedstrong revenue growth, but also significantly expanded its market-leading position.

Tom Bureau, Chairman of the SupervisoryBoard ofNew Work SE: "We regret the decision ofPetra von Strombeck, who has led the company through extremelyturbulent times. The pandemic began rightat the start ofher tenure, followed by the longest recessionin thepost-war period- withan immediate negative impacton the business. She steered the company well through these difficult waters, systematically repositioned it basedon the changed conditionsand resolutely transformed the business model. We wouldlike to thankher for this achievementand wishher all the best, both professionallyand personally."

Petra von Strombeck: "Together with the great teamat New Work SE, we have succeeded in developing kununu into the biggest growth driver and to repositionXING for the future. Now the company is entering the next phase. It is important to place the management in new hands right from the start. And I am convinced that Henning Rönnebergis the ideal candidate for this."

Henning Rönneberg, CFO and COO as well as designatedCEO ofNew Work SE: "I am very much looking forward to the tasks ahead ofme. Petra von Strombeck and her team have setan important course for the future. Wewill buildon thisand write the next chapter of one of the leadingdigital companiesin theGerman-speaking world."

About New Work SE

New Work SE is committed to a better working world. With its two strong brands, the jobs network XING and the employer comparison platform kununu, it aims to be the most important recruiting partner in the German-speaking world. It brings candidates and companies together so that professionals can lead a happier working life and companies can be more successful with the right talent. The company is headquartered in Hamburg and employs around 1,200 people in other locations such as Vienna and Porto. Further information can be found at www.new-work.se/ and nwx.new-work.se/.