Klavs T. Pedersen, Head of the Danish operations within Mekonomen, takes on new challenges

Klavs T. Pedersen, Head of the Danish operations within Mekonomen, takes on new
challenges

Klavs T. Pedersen has accepted a new position as President of and partner in HP
Verktöj and has thus decided to resign from his position as head of Mekonomen's
Danish operations. Klavs will remain in his position until 1 May, 2009 and the
search for his successor has commenced.


“During his two years with Mekonomen, Klavs T. Pedersen contributed strongly to
the positive trend of the Danish operations and I would like to thank him for
his excellent input during his time at Mekonomen. Klavs has now chosen to accept
new challenges and we wish him the best of luck. Under Klavs's management, we
were able to kick-start sales in Denmark and we now have a strong Danish
organisation. The search for Klavs's successor has commenced,” says Håkan
Lundstedt, President and CEO of Mekonomen

“My time at Mekonomen has been very exciting and I had the advantage of working
in a successful Group with competent colleagues. However, I have decided to move
on towards new challenges,” says Klavs T. Pedersen. 


Mekonomen AB (publ), Corp. Org. No: 556392-1971 
Box 6077, SE-141 06 Kungens Kurva. 
Tel: +46 (0)8-464 00 00, Fax: +46 (0)8-464 00 66

For further information, please contact:
Håkan Lundstedt, President and CEO Mekonomen, +46 (0)8-464 00 00
Klavs T. Pedersen, Head of the Danish operations, +45 6543 4289
Boel Sundvall, Head of Communications, +46 (0)8-464 00 90

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offering of inexpensive and innovative solutions and products for consumers and
companies.  Mekonomen is Scandinavia's leading automotive spare parts chain with
proprietary wholesale operations, approximately 200 stores and more than 1,000
workshops operating under the Mekonomen brand. 
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