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Ambea Group strengthens its Senior Management - Daniel Warnholtz appointed as Ambea’s CFO and Vice President of Finance

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Daniel Warnholtz has been appointed as the new Chief Finance officer (CFO) and Vice President of Finance at Ambea, starting from 18 April 2011. Warnholtz, who holds a Master’s Degree in Business Administration and Economics, has been employed at AstraZeneca as CFO Sweden since 2007 and CFO and Vice President Nordic since 2009. He previously worked at Procter & Gamble from 1996, holding such positions as Finance Manager of P&G Nordic.

Ambea is the largest healthcare and care services company in the Nordic region. At the end of 2009, Ambea comprised 10,300 employees and 600 units. The Ambea Group is owner of Mehiläinen Oy, the largest and most respected private care and healthcare group in Finland, and of Carema Care and Carema Sjukvård in Sweden. The Ambea Group also operates in Norway in both the healthcare and care sectors. In 2010, Ambea was acquired by Triton and KKR (Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.).

“Daniel Warnholtz’s extensive and broad expertise in finance management will strengthen Ambea significantly. He will be concentrating particularly on developing Ambea Group’s finance function in an international context, and already has an extensive and successful track record of developing these areas in his earlier career,” says Matti Bergendahl, President and CEO of Ambea.

Daniel Warnholtz has a wide range of experience in international finance roles in fast moving consumer goods and pharmaceuticals, and he is well informed and insightful about healthcare and care services. His international exposure is impressive, and he has experiences from many other than finance functions, such as supply chain and manufacturing and treasury. He has broad technical skills within business administration including treasury, tax, acquisition, integration, budget/controlling and strategic planning.

“I am highly excited about my new role and task as Ambea’s CFO and Vice President of Finance. Ambea is very well positioned to strengthen its position as the largest private healthcare and care company in the Nordic countries, and later on in Northern Europe. I feel privileged to become part of Ambea’s management and will develop finance functions enthusiastically in collaboration with the professionals in the operating companies,” says Daniel Warnholtz.

For more information, please contact:
Matti Bergendahl, President and CEO, Ambea AB, tel. +358 40 833 5461

Ambea AB is the largest healthcare and care services company in the Nordic region and brings together a broad spectrum of competencies in both private and publicly financed healthcare and care services. Operations are conducted in Finland, Sweden and Norway through the subsidiaries Mehiläinen, Carema Care and Carema Sjukvård. Ambea operates in 600 units and has 10,300 employees. The Group has annual sales of more than EUR 700 million. www.ambea.com