Lauritz.com Group A/S appoints its new CFO

No. 20/2017
Copenhagen, 20 December 2017

Lauritz.com has appointed Preben Vinkler Lindgaard as new CFO for the company as per 02.01.2018. Furthermore, he enters the executive board of Lauritz.com as per 02.01.2018.   

Preben Vinkler Lindgaard has 15 years of experience in leadership positions in different finance roles in multinational companies. The last 10 years he has worked at GlaxoSmithKline as Head of Planning, Reporting and Controlling (Nordic Cluster), at DONG Energy as Head of Operations Business Support and at Maersk as Director for Group Accounting and Regional Finance Manager, Europe.

Preben Vinkler Lindgaard has a background as a state authorized public accountant and started his career with 8 years at Deloitte. He has a Cand.Merc.Aud degree from Aarhus School of Business.

Lauritz.com's chairman of the board, Bengt Sundstrøm, explains:
'We are happy to appoint Preben Vinkler Lindgaard as our new CFO. Preben brings a solid background both with his management experiences from major companies and with his high level skills within all financial areas. Preben will be a new vital figure in our management team, where we are currently working intensively on our new future strategy in order to improve both auction turnover and earnings'.   

Preben Vinkler Lindgaard comments on his new position as CFO at Lauritz.com:
'Lauritz.com is an exciting business with a strong concept, which I am pleased to join. I look forward to cooperating with the new colleagues, within finance as well as across the business, in the efforts to secure a strong finance function and in driving future results and value creation'.

Best regards
Lauritz.com Group A/S
Bengt Sundström
Chairman and Founder of Lauritz.com

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Certified advisor: Erik Penser Bank, Stockholm
Market place: Nasdaq First North Stockholm

This information is information that Lauritz.com Group A/S is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was submitted for publication through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 3.30 pm CET on 20 December 2017.