Vantaa, Finland, 2016-08-16 08:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Cramo Plc Stock Exchange Release 16 August, 2016 at 9.00 am (EET)
Change in Cramo Group management team
Mr Peter Bäckström has been appointed Managing Director of Cramo AB in Sweden and Executive Vice President (EVP) and member of Cramo Group Management team, succeeding Mr Göran Carlson. Mr Bäckström will assume his position on 1 January 2017.
Mr Peter Bäckström new Managing Director at Cramo Sweden
Mr Peter Bäckström has been appointed EVP and Managing Director of Cramo AB. In region Scandinavia, Cramo Denmark will report to Mr Bäckström while Cramo Norway will report to CEO Mr Leif Gustafsson.
Mr Bäckström comes from Global Workplace Solutions (GWS), which is a part of CBRE, a world leading commercial real estate services group. At CBRE GWS Mr Bäckström holds the position as Director and Divisional Leader for Service delivery Nordic, responsible for Enterprise Facilities Management (integrated solutions for operations and maintenance, workplace services and other support services to commercial real estate owners) with 500 employees, approximately fifteen hundred suppliers and 135 MUSD revenue in four countries. Previously Mr Bäckström held various operational as well as senior global and European executive positions in Johnson Controls.
“Peter Bäckström is a proven senior executive with a strong track record in service development and service sales. His experience from different leading positions in various international and cultural contexts will be a strong asset for Cramo. His track record from service development and growth fits perfectly in the Cramo strategy”, says Mr Leif Gustafsson, President and CEO of Cramo Group.
Mr Göran Carlson leaves Cramo
After leaving the company in early 2013, Göran Carlson returned to Cramo in June 2015 as Managing Director of Cramo AB, Senior Executive Vice President, Cramo Scandinavia and member of Cramo Group Management team.
“Cramo is an extremely inspiring company to work for”, says Mr Göran Carlson. “When returning to the company last year it was mutually understood that the intention was to facilitate a smooth transition into a more permanent solution in view of the CEO transition. Now is a good time for a change. We are entering a new strategic phase on Group level and we have a successor with a more long-term perspective in Scandinavia. In addition, Sweden is performing at top level and we have seen great improvements in Norway and Denmark further underlining the good timing.”
“ Göran Carlson’s contribution to Cramo’s development has been significant both in his earlier position as deputy CEO and when he returned to the company as Swedish MD and EVP Scandinavia ”, says Mr Leif Gustafsson. “Göran’s decision to accept the Swedish MD position last year has been valuable to improve the profitability further in Sweden and helped us much in finding a smooth transition into a more permanent solution. I wish him the best of luck in his future endeavors”.
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Cramo is Europe’s second largest rental services company specialising in construction machinery and equipment rental and rental-related services as well as the rental of modular space. Cramo operates in fifteen countries and in about 330 depots. With a group staff around 2.500, Cramo's consolidated sales in 2015 was EUR 668 million. Cramo shares are listed on the Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd.
