Wärtsilä appoints Björn Rosengren President ...

Wärtsilä Corporation Changes in management 10 February 2011 at 9.30 a.m. EET

Wärtsilä's Board of Directors has appointed Mr Björn Rosengren M.Sc. (Tech.),
born 1959, as the new President and CEO of Wärtsilä Corporation. He will assume
the position on 1 September 2011, succeeding Mr Ole Johansson, who will retire.

Currently Mr Rosengren works as Senior Executive Vice President Atlas Copco AB
and as Business Area President for Atlas Copco Construction and Mining
Technique, and is based in Shanghai, China.

Mr Rosengren has held several management positions in the Swedish industrial
group Atlas Copco since 1998. Prior to that, he led the hydraulic company
Nordhydraulic, Nordwin AB, and worked for the welding company Esab Group.

"Björn Rosengren has a strong industrial background, with solid results of
continuous growth and increasing profitability in the global business
environment", says Antti Lagerroos, Chairman of Wärtsilä's Board of Directors.
"Björn has a charismatic and open management style, and the Board is convinced
that Wärtsilä is well positioned to pursue its strategy of profitable growth
under his leadership."

"I am proud to lead Wärtsilä, a world leader in sustainable power solutions and
services for the marine and energy markets. Everywhere, Wärtsilä has a strong
reputation for high quality and leading technology in power generation," says
Björn Rosengren. "I look forward to further developing the business together
with all of its employees."


Link to CV
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For further information, please contact:

Mr Antti Lagerroos
Chairman of the Board of Directors
Wärtsilä Corporation
Tel [phone]
[e-mail]


www.wartsila.com




Björn Rosengren CV: 


http://hugin.info/131481/R/1487488/422970.pdf

Björn Rosengren: 


http://hugin.info/131481/R/1487488/422971.JPG

Björn Rosengren: 


http://hugin.info/131481/R/1487488/422972.JPG




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