BE Group appoints new Business Area Manager for Central and Eastern Europe

BE Group appoints new Business Area Manager for Central and Eastern
Europe

BE Group has appointed Nikolai Makarov as Business Area Manager, CEE.
Nikolai Makarov has extensive and broad international experience of the
steel industry. He joins BE Group from Finnish steel group Ruukki
Construction.

CEE is one of BE Group's three business areas and supplies customers in
the Baltic States, Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic with products
and production services. The business area also forms a key component in
the entire Group's product supply chain.

“We are happy to welcome Nikolai to BE Group. He has a very suitable
background and the leadership qualities necessary to succeed in the
tough but important markets of Central and Eastern Europe,” says the
President and CEO of BE Group, Roger Johansson.

As Business Area Manager, CEE, Nikolai Makarov will also be a member of
the Group Management team. He will start his new job on September 5.

For further information, please contact:

Roger Johansson, President and CEO,

tel.: +46 (0)733 188 758                       e-mail:
roger.johansson@begroup.com