GreenCarrier International takes a new step in its development

Niklas Olsson, Managing Director of GreenCarrier Sweden AB, has also been appointed Managing Director and CEO of GreenCarrier International with effect from 1 June, 2009.

With the Nordic countries and the Baltic States as home markets, GreenCarrier provides forwarding and logistics services, based on the concept of one contact person for all types of transportation all around the world. GreenCarrier International is a key member of the Björk.Eklund Group.

Mr Olsson has been with the group since 1987 and became Managing Director of GreenCarrier Sweden in 2004.

Announcing the appointment, Björk.Eklund Group partner, Björn Eklund, stated:

"GreenCarrier is in expansion mode and we felt Niklas was the right person to take over the reins of the parent company at this time. Our network is growing and will continue to do so. Inevitably, this requires more management effort to be devoted to the coordination of this development."

The GreenCarrier team is also being strengthened at a senior level by the addition of Ulf Sundberg, who was formerly Managing Director of Kuehne + Nagel Sweden. He has considerable managerial experience with large forwarding organisations and will assist Mr Olsson as COO, Chief Operating Officer.

Staffan Kjellberg, who was previously Managing Director of GreenCarrier International, remains with the group and will work on overall business strategies and the development of new concepts for the Björk.Eklund Group.

Mr Eklund explained that in taking on this role, Mr Kjellberg will be doing exactly what he was originally recruited to do:

"When we invited Staffan to join GreenCarrier International, we were looking for someone to support the senior management in planning the way forward. While he has done this admirably, we also asked him to take on the position of Managing Director and inevitably this reduced the amount of time and energy he was able to devote to conceptual planning.

"By reducing his managerial responsibilities, he now has much more time available to spend on progressing the new ideas we have for the future of the company."

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For further information on GreenCarrier, please see www.greencarrier.com or contact:

Niklas Olsson, Managing Director, GreenCarrier International.
Tel. +46 31 85 79 26
E-mail: niklas.olsson@greencarrier.com