AAK

Board/Management Information • Sep 20, 2010

2010-09-20

Press release

AAK strengthens group management and appoints VP HR and Communications

Anne Mette Olesen will take the responsibility for HR and Communication in AAK.

We are pleased to announce that Anne Mette Olesen has been hired as Vice President for HR and Communication in AAK

Anne Mette Olesen, 46 years, comes from a position as globally responsible for HR in Coloplast A/S in Denmark. She has through the last close to 20 years had different international managerial positions in Coloplast A/S , Chr. Hansen A/S and Danisco Ingredients A/S both on the commercial and the development side. She has educational background as Chemical Engineer and an MBA as well.

"I look forward to welcome Anne Mette Olesen as our first globally responsible for HR and Communication in AAK. Both functions are very important to the AAK future development, says Arne Frank, CEO of AAK.

"I look very much forward to start working for AKK, as I know AAK from my time in the food ingrediencies business, as a very strong player in the vegetable oils market and as a company with very high ambitions for the future. Heading up and leading HR and Communication I will do my best together with my teams to support delivering on these ambitions" says Anne Mette Olesen.

Anne Mette Olesen will start on October 1 2010 and will be based in Malmö, Sweden.

For more information, please contact

Arne Frank CEO and President Phone + 46 40 627 8310

Facts on AAK

AarhusKarlshamn is the world's leading producer of high value-added speciality vegetable fats. These fats are characterized by a high technological content and are used as substitute for butter-fat and cocoa butter, transfree solutions for fillings in chocolate and confectionery products, and in the cosmetics industry. AarhusKarlshamn has production facilities in Denmark, Mexico, the Netherlands, Sweden, Great Britain, Uruguay and the US. The company is organised in three Business Areas; Chocolate and Confectionery Fats, Food Ingredients and Technical Products & Feed. Further information on AarhusKarlshamn can be found on the company's website www.aak.com

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