Aspiro appoints new CFO
Aspiro appoints new CFO Aspiro has today appointed Stefan Lindquist as the group's new chief financial officer. Lindquist, who is a well-known figure in the telecoms sector, comes most recently from the Swedish mobile telecom operator Europolitan where he was head of finance and accounting. Stefan Lindquist, 53, has previously held the position of financial manager at a number of well known companies in southern Sweden, including Gotic, Thorn Järnkonst and ACB (Alfa Laval Cardo Biotechnic). His most recent appointment was as head of finance and accounting at the leading Swedish mobile telecoms operator, Europolitan, where he had been employed since 1995. During Stefan Lindquist's time at Europolitan the company grew from sales totaling SEK 0,7 billion and some 350 employees to net sales of over SEK 4 billion and approximatelly 850 employees. - We are extremely happy that Stefan Lindquist is joining Aspiro. His solid knowledge and experience of mobile telecoms and controlling finances in a fast-expanding, listed group of companies is a valuable asset to Aspiro. Both myself and the two other co-founders of Aspiro have personal experience of working with Stefan and we look forward to becoming colleagues again, says Aspiro's CEO, Jörgen Adolfsson. - Working for a dynamic company like Aspiro will be both enormous fun and very challenging. I see Aspiro's target-oriented strategies for building up the company internationally as especially interesting. I am convinced that Aspiro is involved in exactly the right field of business, something that will be the next step in the development of mobile telecoms, namely, developing and packaging mobile services, says Stefan Lindquist For more information, please contact: Jörgen Adolfsson, CEO, Aspiro AB, tel: +46 709 918003 About Aspiro Aspiro develops wireless applications and services, using WAP, SMS, GPRS and other innovative technologies. Aspiro offers operators, content providers and mobile organizations a wide range of solutions, from pre- packaged WAP services to strategy consulting involving value-added services. Founded in 1998 Aspiro is today one of the world leaders of mobile applications and services. The company has over 100 employees and offices in Sweden, Norway, Luxembourg, USA and Hong Kong. Aspiro's business concept, organization and operations are based on many years of experience gained in the wireless telecommunications and IT industries. For further information about Aspiro, please visit www.aspiro.com ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/03/07/20000307BIT00910/bit0001.DOC http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/03/07/20000307BIT00910/bit0002.pdf