Getinge Group appoints Jens Viebke as new President of Acute Care Therapies Business Category Unit

Getinge Group has appointed Jens Viebke as the new President of the Acute Care
Therapies Business Category Unit. Jens will be a member of the Getinge Group
Executive Team and succeeds Heinz Jacqui who will step down from his current
position after four years with the Group. Acute Care Therapies is one of
Getinge’s three Business Category Units and is responsible for developing
technologies and solutions for cardiac, pulmonary and vascular therapies and
products and therapies for intensive care.

The Group has made significant investments in quality management systems in
recent years, particularly in areas related to the Acute Care Therapies Business
Category Unit. Intense focus continues to be directed to completing the
necessary improvement measures for building up a global quality management
system with the desired standard.

The product segments in Acute Care Therapies, where Getinge has a strong
pipeline of new products, have significant growth potential and investments
continue to be made in developing pioneering technologies and solutions.

“I am very pleased to present Jens Viebke as the new President of our Acute Care
Therapies Business Category Unit. We have faced a number of challenges related
to this product area in recent years and I have every confidence in Jens using
his extensive experience and expertise to lead the operations in the right
direction. With his comprehensive knowledge in the field of research and
development, coupled with his commercial experience, Jens will be a major asset
for the Group in his new role,” says Alex Myers, CEO and President of Getinge,
who concludes: “I would also like to take this opportunity to thank Heinz Jacqui
for his valuable contribution and dedicated work during his time with the
Group.”

Jens Viebke most recently served as Chief Technology Officer at Acute Care
Therapies and was previously the President of the Critical Care division in the
Group’s former Medical Systems business area. Jens has long and broad experience
from the healthcare industry and has previously held positions in research and
development, as well as strategy and marketing, at other large companies in the
industry, including GE Healthcare and Pharmacia & Upjohn. Jens has a PhD in
Polymer Technology from the Royal Institute of Technology of Stockholm and holds
an Executive MBA from the Stockholm School of Economics.

Jens Viebke will take up his new position as of June 6, 2016, and will report to
Alex Myers, President & CEO Getinge Group.

For more information, please contact:


Alex Myers
CEO and President, Getinge Group
Tel: +46 10 335 00 00
E-mail: alex.myers@getinge.com

Kornelia Rasmussen
Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications & Brand Management
Tel: +46 10 335 5810
E-mail: kornelia.rasmussen@getinge.com

Getinge Group is a leading global provider of innovative solutions for operating
rooms, intensive-care units, hospital wards, sterilization departments, elderly
care and for life science companies and institutions. Getinge’s unique customer
offering mirrors the hospital’s organization and value chain, and the solutions
are used before, during and after the patients’ hospital stay. Based on first
-hand experience and close partnerships, Getinge provides innovative healthcare
solutions that improve every-day life for people, today and tomorrow.

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Swedish Securities Market Act and/or the Financial Instruments Trading Act.