New Senior Vice President in the Atea Group

August Baumann (51) is appointed as Senior Vice President in the Atea Group, where he will be responsible for Group business development, vendor management, support functions and group projects.

August has previously worked as CEO of Netcom and Telia Norway from 2005 until 2014, and as senior vice president HR and CFO with Netcom from 1999 to 2005.  He also has prior management experience from Viag Interkom in Germany.  Since 2014, he has worked as a management consultant for major companies, including Atea.  He is a Board member of Skandiabanken ASA, and is Chairman of ISCO Group AS.

August has a Master degree from Cass Business School at City University in London, and a Bachelor degree from University of Stirling, Scotland. 

"We are delighted to recruit August Baumann to the position of Senior Vice President in the Atea Group. August brings extensive experience in business development and management, and will be a core member of the senior management team of Atea," says CEO Steinar Sønsteby.

August will start in his role on April 19, 2017.  He presently holds 2,200 shares in Atea ASA.

For further information, please contact:

Steinar Sønsteby, CEO Atea ASA, mobile (+47) 930 55 655

Robert Giori, CFO Atea ASA, mobile (+47) 934 09 188

About Atea 

Atea is the leading supplier of IT infrastructure and system integration in the Nordic and Baltic regions with 6,900 employees. Atea is present in 86 cities in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Atea delivers IT products from leading vendors and assists its customers with specialist competencies within IT infrastructure services. Atea had revenue of approximately NOK 31 billion in 2016 and is listed on Oslo Stock Exchange. https://www.atea.com