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Press release 13/2009
31 July 2009
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Appointments to Carlsberg Executive Committee
Carlsberg today announces the following changes to its Executive Committee:
Roy Bagattini (46) has been appointed Senior Vice President for the Asia region.
He joins Carlsberg from SABMiller where he was the Regional Managing Director
for Eastern Europe. Prior to that, he has held senior general management
positions in South Africa and the USA as well as being the country Managing
Director of SABMiller in India, China and Italy. Roy Bagattini who will be based
in Hong Kong, is on board in Carlsberg by the end of September.
Jørn Tolstrup Rohde (48) has been appointed Senior Vice President for the
Northern Europe region. He comes from a position as President & CEO of the
service company 3C GROUPS A/S and L'EASY A/S. He was previously an executive of
the Carlsberg Group where he among other things headed the development of the
Commercial Excellence project. 2004-2007 he was CEO of Carlsberg Danmark. Jørn
Tolstrup Rohde will join Carlsberg 15 August.
Jesper Friis (40) has been appointed Senior Vice President for Western Europe.
Jesper Friis who has been with Carlsberg since 2005, is currently CEO of
Ringnes, Carlsberg's Norwegian subsidiary. Jesper Friis takes over the position
from Nils Østbirk who joined Carlsberg five months ago but now leaves the Group.
Ole Petter Wie, currently Sales Director, Ringnes, will succeed Jesper Friis as
CEO of Ringnes. Jesper Friis will begin in his new role 1 August.
Jørgen Buhl Rasmussen, President & CEO of the Carlsberg Group said:
"I look forward to welcoming the new SVPs into our Executive Committee. All have
demonstrated very strong leadership and commercial execution skills as well as
ability to lead international organisations successfully through change. I am
sorry that it didn't work out with Nils Østbirk; the reason is not lack of
commercial performance but about chemistry."
Pictures of Roy Bagattini, Jørn Tolstrup Rohde and Jesper Friis plus
organisation chart can be downloaded at:
http://www.carlsberggroup.com/media/Gallery/Pages/PressImages.aspx
Contacts:
Media Relations: Jens Peter Skaarup, +45 3327 1417
Investor Relations: Peter Kondrup, +45 3327 1221
The Carlsberg Group is one of the leading brewery groups in the world, with a
large portfolio of beer and soft drinks brands. Its flagship brand - Carlsberg -
is one of the fastest growing and best-known beer brands in the world. More than
45,000 people work for the Carlsberg Group, and its products are sold in more
than 150 markets. In 2008 the Carlsberg Group sold more than 125 million
hectolitres of beer, which is about 103 million bottles of beer a day.
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