CHANGES IN THE RAMIRENT GROUP MANAGEMENT TEAM                                       

 Bjørn Larsen appointed Senior Vice President of Norway segment and member of group management team                   

Bjørn Larsen(52), M.Sc. (Business and Mark.), MBA, has been appointed as Senior Vice president of the Ramirent Norway segment and member of the Group management Team as of 1 February 2011. Larsen succeeds Eivind Bøe, who has held the position since 2005 and has announced that he will leave the Ramirent Group on 31 January 2011. Larsen joins Ramirent from the position of Managing Director of UCO Utleiecompagniet AS, which is part of Skanska Norge AS. He has had the national responsibility for machine, equipment, and the crane park of Skanska Norway. Larsen’s prior working experience includes Managing Director, Honeywell Fire Systems Nordics 2004-2007; Retail Dir./ Regional Dir./ 2nd in Charge Consumer Division for Posten Norge AS 2002 – 2004; and Corporate Dir./Man.dir. Løvenskiold Handel AS 2000 – 2002.

 

Erik Høi appointed Senior Vice President of Denmark segment and member of group management team                   

Erik Høi(55), B.Sc. (Mechanical Engineer), has been appointed as Senior Vice President of Denmark segment of Ramirent Group and member of the Group Management Team. Erik Høi has worked at Ramirent since 1986 as Managing Director of Ramirent Denmark and was member of the Group Management Team in the years. Before joining Ramirent, Høi served as Product Manager at Kosan SES A/S 1982-1986 and as Construction Engineer at Hillerød Elevatorfabrik A/S 1979-1982. The appointment is effective immediately.                                

Composition of the Group Management team

The focus of the composition of the Group Management Team is to be close to the operative business and emphasize the business segments’ role. The Group’s Management Team consists of Magnus Rosén, President and CEO ofRamirent Group; Kari Aulasmaa, SVP, Segments Finland and Europe East; Peter Dahlsten, SVP, Sweden segment; Tomasz Walawender, SVP, Europe Central segment; Erik Høi, SVP, Denmark segment; Bjørn Larsen, SVP, Norway segment;  Dino Leistenschneider, Director, Sourcing; Mikael Kämpe, Director, Group Fleet; Jonas Söderkvist, CFO; and Franciska Janzon, Director, Corporate Communications. 

Vantaa 19.1.2011

 

RAMIRENT PLC

Magnus Rosén
President and CEO

For further information

Magnus Rosén, President and CEO, Ramirent Group, phone: +358 20 750 2845,
e-mail: magnus.rosen(a)ramirent.com

Ramirent is a leading equipment rental group delivering Dynamic Rental Solutions™ that simplify business. We serve a broad range of customers, including construction and process industries, shipyards, the public sector and households. In 2009, Group net sales totalled EUR 503 million. The Group has some 3,000 employees at some 375 permanent outlets in thirteen countries. Ramirent is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Helsinki Ltd.

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