Vizrt: New Board Members Appointed
(Thomson Reuters ONE) - Bergen, Norway, September 1, 2009 Vizrt Ltd. (Oslo Main List,Frankfurt Prime Standard: VIZ)Vizrt Ltd. today announces that on the GM held August 27, 2009, twonew members were appointed to the Company's Board of Directors. Thenew members are Mr. Anders Lidbeck and Mr. Frode Strand-Nielsen. Mr.Svein Ove Strommen, Mr. John Ranelagh and Mr. Tore Sviland werere-elected to continue to serve on the Board of Directors for thecoming year. The external Directors, Mrs. Dalia Rabin and Mr. BjornOlafsson continue to serve on the Board of Directors and were not upfor election as the nomination of external directors is for a threeyear period.Mr. Anders Lidbeck was the President and Chief Executive Officer atTelelogic AB 1998 until 2008, when the company was acquired by IBM.He has a background with Nokia Data and ICL, where, among otherpositions, he was the Managing Director for ICL Direct Benelux andVice President of Sales and Marketing at ICL Industry Systems Europe.During his period as the Chief Executive Officer of Telelogic, Mr.Lidbeck took the company public and increased the company's revenues10 fold. Mr. Lidbeck is the Chairman of the Board for both ENEA andCreandum. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administrationfrom Lunds University.Mr. Frode Strand-Nielsen founded FSN Capital in 1999, where he isManaging Partner. FSN is a major Vizrt shareholder. Mr Strand-Nielsenhas entrepreneurial, strategy and M&A experience with Arkwright andBain & Co. Prior to founding FSN Capital in 1999, Mr Strand-Nielsenwas a founding Director and the Chairman of the Executive Committeeof Arkwright, a corporate advisory firm specialising in strategyconsulting and M&A work. Prior to his time at Arkwright, MrStrand-Nielsen was a Manager with Bain & Co, London. He is theChairman of Aura Light Group and VIA Travel Group, and a Director ofNorlandia Omsorg. Mr Strand-Nielsen holds a B.A. from Simon FraserUniversity, Vancouver, BC and an MBA from Harvard Business School.About Vizrt:Vizrt creates leading-edge content production tools for the digitalmedia industry - from award-winning 3D graphics & maps throughintegrated video workflow solutions and online publishing tools.We propose a new vision for content creation, management and deliverywith an end-to-end solution from conception to multi-formatdistribution. Through constant innovation and a good measure of fun,we create software and services that push creative boundaries anddevelop new ways of telling stories.Vizrt's product suite is used by the world's leading broadcasters andpublishing houses, including: CNN, CBS, Fox, BBC, Sky, ITN, ZDF, StarTV, Network 18, TV Today, CCTV, NHK, The Globe and Mail, TheTelegraph, and Welt Online. Furthermore, many world-class productionhouses and corporate institutions, including both the New York andLondon Stock Exchanges, utilize Vizrt solutions.Vizrt is a public company traded on the Oslo Main List and on theFrankfurt Prime Standard: VIZ, ISIN: IL0010838154.Press contacts:Bjarne BergPresident & CEO+47 9055 7711bberg(at)vizrt.comOfra BrownCFO+47 5351 8040ofra(at)vizrt.comSCHWARZ Financial CommunicationFrank Schwarz+49 611 1745 398 11schwarz(at)schwarzfinancial.comhttp://hugin.info/138784/R/1338542/319413.pdfThis announcement was originally distributed by Hugin. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.
Datum: 01.09.2009 - 09:02 Uhr
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