Messaging specialist strengthens its senior management

Madrid, 31/05/2016 // Florian Frick is named the new General Counsel of the Retarus Group. Effective immediately, the attorney will advise Retarus’ senior management on all strategic issues regarding international law and regulatory provisions, as well as compliance requirements. Florian Frick reports directly to Johannes Hecker, COO of the Retarus Group.

With the addition of Florian Frick as General Counsel, the global messaging specialist strengthens its senior management with an experienced expert in international commercial law, and IT and telecommunications law. In this newly created role, the attorney will primarily support the global expansion strategy of Retarus from a legal standpoint. Furthermore, he will continue to advance Retarus’ association involvement, with the aim of addressing the current needs of customers.

Before joining Retarus, Florian Frick was Head of Legal Technology & Corporate Services at Vodafone Kabel Deutschland GmbH. Prior to 2011, he worked for Atos, formerly Siemens IT Solutions and Services (SIS), with high-level duties as its senior legal counsel. There he played a key role in advising on the legal and planning aspects of the global carve-out of SIS from Siemens AG and the subsequent integration of the group division in Atos. Prior to this, he worked for many years as corporate counsel for Siemens Enterprise Communications (later Unify) and Allianz Versicherungs-AG.

“Our strategic goal is to continue to expand the international presence of Retarus so we can offer our customers worldwide a safe and efficient flow of information. This means that compliance with complex legal and regulatory frameworks, and data protection laws is top priority. To best serve our customers and to guarantee compliance at all times worldwide, we must be able to continually adapt to the current legal situation,» says Johannes Hecker, Chief Operating Officer of the Retarus Group. “We are pleased to have Florian Frick, a renowned specials in this area, join our team and support us in an advisory capacity as we continue to grow.»

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Retarus es un proveedor global de soluciones Cloud que permiten modernizar y asegurar la comunicación digital y el intercambio de datos de empresas y autoridades. Sus principales productos son Cloud Fax, SMS, Transactional Email y Email Security. Opera centros de datos distribuidos por todo el mundo y proporciona estas soluciones con el máximo rendimiento, seguridad y protección de datos. Con una fuerte vocación innovadora, Retarus tiene su sede en Múnich y está gestionada por sus propietarios desde su fundación en 1992. Emplea a unas 500 personas en 20 sucursales repartidas por cuatro continentes. Cerca de la mitad de las empresas que cotizan en el S&P Global 100 ya confían en Retarus y, al igual que los principales analistas, confirman la extraordinaria calidad y fiabilidad de sus servicios. Retarus ofrece sus productos en venta directa y en estrecha colaboración con partners seleccionados. Más información: www.retarus.es