At the coming Annual General Meeting on 28 January 2009, the Supervisory Board
will propose the following four people for election to the Supervisory Board as
new members:
Mogens Elsberg, born 1955.
Education: M.Sc. in Engineering 1979 and Bachelor in Marketing 1983.
Title: CEO of Pensio A/S.
Other directorships: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Inventure Capital
A/S. Member of the Supervisory Board of Globeteam A/S and Proactive A/S.
Mogens Elsberg has management experience from working in large international
corporations, including IBM and Microsoft. From 2001 to 2004, Mogens Elsberg
was CEO of Aston Business Solutions. From 2005 to 2008, he was the General
Manager of Microsoft Dynamics. From January 2009, Mogens Elsberg has been CEO
of Pensio A/S.
Jesper Mailind, born 1956.
Education: Graduate Diploma in Business Administration 1982 and MBA 1984.
Other directorships: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of KOMPAN A/S. Member of
the Supervisory Board of E-staters A/S.
Jesper Mailind has management experience from international medico-technical
and pharmaceutical companies. From 1997 to 2008, Jesper Mailind was CEO of GN
ReSound Group while also acting as Executive Vice President of GN Store Nord
A/S from 2003 to 2006.
Peter Thostrup, born 1960.
Education: M.Sc. in Advanced Economics and Finance 1987. MBA 1986.
Title: CEO of Nordic Bioscience A/S.
Other directorships: Member of the Supervisory Board of Noa Noa ApS.
Peter Thostrup has extensive management experience, including financial and
accounting expertise. From 1993 to 2008, Peter Thostrup was employed by Bang &
Olufsen A/S. In 1996, he was appointed CFO of Bang & Olufsen A/S, and he was
elected member of the Group's Executive Management in 1997. From 2008, Peter
Thostrup has been CEO of Nordic Bioscience A/S.
Karsten Vandrup, born 1966.
Education: Bachelor of Engineering 1998.
Title: CEO of LitePoint Europe A/S.
Karsten Vandrup has varied international experience, in particular from the
telecom industry. From 1997 to 2007, Karsten Vandrup worked for Nokia,
ultimately as research manager. In 2007, Karsten Vandrup was appointed Vice
President of Engineering at LitePoint Corporation, USA. From 2008, he has been
CEO of the company's European division, LitePoint Europe A/S, Denmark.
The four above-mentioned candidates are independent as defined in the
recommendations for good corporate governance from NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen A/S.
From the present Supervisory Board, the following two candidates are proposed
for re-election:
Jens Hansen, born 1958. Elected by the Annual General Meeting, first time in
1994.
Education: M.Sc. in Engineering 1984.
Title: Vice President, Business Development, RTX Telecom A/S.
Other directorships: Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Futarque A/S. CEO of
JH Venture ApS.
Jens Toftgaard Petersen, born 1959. Elected by the Annual General Meeting,
first time in 1994.
Education: M.Sc. in Engineering 1984.
Title: Vice President, Business Development, RTX Telecom A/S.
Both Jens Hansen and Jens Toftgaard Petersen are not independent as defined in
the recommendations for good corporate governance from NASDAQ OMX Copenhagen
A/S.
Questions and further information
Tage Rasmussen, President & CEO, tel. +45 96 32 23 00
Best regards,
Jens Hansen
Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Tage Rasmussen
President & CEO
