Continued MSAB support and new Chairman of the Board
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long-term ownership from the holding company Melker
Schörling AB, where I’m also the Chairman of the Board.
AAK is one of our core holdings and we consider the
company to be only at the beginning of its journey to
become even larger and more successful. In other words,
our engagement, commitment and belief in the long-term
perspective of the company remain unchanged.
When Melker Schörling due to health reasons unfortunately
had to step down from his position as Chairman of the
Board, Melker and Arne asked me to step in. The plan was
then to later engage Arne as long-term Chairman once he
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lent new CEO in Johan Westman and now we have also
managed to engage Georg Brunstam, with long industrial
experience and an outstanding track record in creating
shareholder value, as our new proposed Chairman. I am
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for many years to come.
Finally, I would like to thank our CFO and acting CEO Fredrik
Nilsson, the entire management team and all employees for
their outstanding efforts devoted to AAK during the extremely
challenging year of 2017. Without your strong support, AAK
would have suffered and I could hardly have bridged the gap
between Melker and Georg.
Thank you all!
Mikael Ekdahl, Chairman of the Board