Anders Kronborg new Chief Operating Officer in Kinnevik
(Thomson Reuters ONE) -
Investment AB Kinnevik today announced that Anders Kronborg, presently CFO at
Metro International SA, will join the management team at Investment AB Kinnevik
as Chief Operating Officer (COO).
As COO, Anders responsibilities will continue to include the financial control
of Metro but he is also expected to focus on the operating and financial
development in Kinnevik's other assets. Anders Kronborg has been Chief Financial
Officer in Metro since 2008. Prior to joining Metro Anders gained extensive
experience from the financial operations of media businesses including serving
as the CFO of Danish Broadcaster TV2 as well as numerous executive positions
with Danish newspaper Group Berlingske Media A/S. Anders Kronborg will take up
his new position on 1 May 2012.
"I am very pleased that we have recruited Anders as our Chief Operating Officer.
Kinnevik is rapidly expanding through new investments and with our operational
focus we need to increase our operational capabilities in Kinnevik. I know
Anders well from his time as CFO of Metro and I am convinced that he will be a
real asset to our management team", says Mia Brunell Livfors, president and CEO
of Kinnevik.
For further information, visit www.kinnevik.se or contact:
Torun Litzén, Director, Investor Relations Phone +46 (0)8 562 000 83
Mobile +46 (0)70 762 00 83
Kinnevik was founded in 1936 and thus embodies seventy-five years of
entrepreneurship under the same group of principal owners. Kinnevik's objective
is to increase shareholder value, primarily through net asset value growth. The
company's holdings of growth companies are focused around seven comprehensive
business sectors; Telecom & Services, Online, Media, Micro financing, Paper &
Packaging, Agriculture and Renewable energy. Kinnevik has a long history of
investing in emerging markets which has resulted in a considerable exposure to
consumer sectors in these markets. Kinnevik plays an active role on the Boards
of its holdings.
The Kinnevik's class A and class B shares are listed on the NASDAQ OMX
Stockholm's list for large cap companies, within the financial and real estate
sector. The ticker codes are KINV A and KINV B.
Press release:
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Datum: 24.04.2012 - 08:01 Uhr
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