Gunilla Nordström appointed head of Electrolux Major Appliances Asia Pacific

Gunilla Nordström appointed head of Electrolux Major Appliances Asia Pacific

Gunilla Nordström has been appointed head of Electrolux Major Appliances Asia
Pacific and Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux. Gunilla Nordström
succeeds Peter Birch, who is retiring. She will be a member of Group Management
and report to President and CEO Hans Stråberg.

Gunilla Nordström, 48, is currently President of Sony Ericsson Mobile
Communications (China) Co. Ltd. and Corporate Vice President of Sony Ericsson
Mobile Communications AB. She has served in a number of senior management
positions in her 24-year career with Ericsson and Sony Ericsson in Asia, Europe
and Latin America. Nordström, who is Swedish, holds a Master of Science in
Industrial Engineering and Management from Linköping University, Institute of
Technology, Sweden.

Nordström will assume her new position in August and will be based at the
Electrolux regional head office in Singapore.

The Electrolux Major Appliances region in Asia Pacific comprises product
development, production, sales and marketing of refrigerators, ovens, hobs,
hoods, dishwashers, washing machines, and dryers in Australia, New Zealand,
China, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Vietnam, Philippines, Indonesia and
Japan, mainly under the Electrolux brand. The region has over 4,000 employees.

A photo of Gunilla Nordström is available for download at
http://www.electrolux.com/imagebank

For more information about Electrolux Group Management please visit:
http://www.electrolux.com/node180.aspx

For further information contact Electrolux Media Hot line on +46 8 657 65 07

Electrolux is a global leader in home appliances and appliances for professional
use, selling more than 40 million products to customers in 150 countries every
year. The company focuses on innovations that are thoughtfully designed, based
on extensive consumer insight, to meet the real needs of consumers and
professionals. Electrolux products include refrigerators, dishwashers, washing
machines, vacuum cleaners and cookers sold under esteemed brands such as
Electrolux, AEG-Electrolux, Zanussi, Eureka and Frigidaire. In 2006, Electrolux
had sales of SEK 104 billion and 56,000 employees. For more information, visit
http://www.electrolux.com/press.