Aerocrine appoints Vice President Global Sales

SOLNA – 17 September, 2007 – Aerocrine appoints new senior sales position whereby Anna Malm Bernsten joins Aerocrine's management team from mid September with the responsibility for global sales.

Anna Malm Bernsten has more than 20 years management experience within international marketing and sales, with broad experience from diagnostics, medical technology and pharmaceuticals. Anna currently serves as board member of Artimplant, Medivir and Fagerhult.

Anna was previously CEO of Carmeda and managed a comprehensive restructuring of the company as well as a successful company sale to the Gore group in the United States. In the beginning of the 2000s, Anna was a member of the group management team at ASSA ABLOY AB in charge of building a common corporate identity for more than 100 merged companies. One of the tools was the Volvo Ocean Race. In 2002, Anna was appointed Project Leader of the Year by Svenska Projektakademien. Most recently, she ran her own management and business development company.

“We are very happy to have recruited Anna as head of global sales. Aerocrine is entering into a commercialization phase when geographic expansion and further development of our sales channels are important challenges,” says Paul de Potocki, CEO of Aerocrine. “Anna’s solid experience and documented operational abilities will help us achieve our ambitions.”