Thomas Olander appointed managing director of Danish poultry company, Rose Poultry A/S

HKScan Corporation                          Stock exchange release 11 January 2012, at 11:30

Thomas Olander appointed managing director of Danish poultry company, Rose Poultry A/S

Thomas Olander BSc (Econ & Bus Admin), currently managing director of Pärsons Sverige AB, which is part of the HKScan Group, has been appointed managing director of HKScan’s Danish subsidiary, Rose Poultry A/S. Mr Olander has been employed at HKScan Group since 2008 and was before that managing director of the Swedish company Ugglarps Slakteri AB.

Mr Olander is responsible for HKScan’s business operations in Denmark and will also continue to act as managing director of Kreatina A/S and of Scan Foods UK Ltd.

Thomas Olander reports to Denis Mattsson, managing director of the Swedish company Scan AB, who will be responsible for both the Swedish and Danish market areas on HKScan’s Management Board.

HKScan Corporation

Matti Perkonoja
CEO

Further information is available from:

In Finland: Matti Perkonoja, CEO, HKScan Corporation. Please leave any messages for him to call back with Marjukka Hujanen on +358 10 570 6218.
In Sweden: Managing director Denis Mattsson, Scan AB, tel. +46761283698
In Denmark: Managing Director Thomas Olander, Rose Poultry A/S, tel. +46709359863

HKScan is one of the leading food companies in northern Europe with home markets in Finland, Sweden, Denmark, the Baltic countries and Poland. HKScan manufactures, sells and markets pork and beef, poultry products, processed meats and convenience foods under several well-known local brand names. Its customers are retail, the HoReCa sector, industry and export customers. HKScan is active in nine countries and has some 11 000 employees. It had net sales of EUR 2.1 billion in 2010.

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