Communications resource to Veidekke

Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo has been hired as assistant communications director of Veidekke ASA. Nykkelmo is a civil engineer from NTNU in Trondheim and has broad experience and expertise from work with communication and marketing with Telenor and Statkraft.

Nykkelmo (50) has in recent years been responsible for brand building and sponsorship with Statkraft. She has worked with communications and marketing with Telenor for many years and was responsible for marketing during the skiing world championships in Trondheim in 1997. Nykkelmo joins Veidekke from the position as general manager of Kraft&Kultur in Norway. She is a former top international skiing and biathlon athlete, with a number of international wins.

"Veidekke is among the leading companies in Scandinavia in a sector experiencing strong growth and development, and is a company I believe has an exciting future. Veidekke has distinct values, a strong culture and high degree of employee involvement. I believe these are characteristics of companies that will succeed in the time ahead, and I look forward to getting started," Grete Ingeborg Nykkelmo says.

"Grete Ingeborg will be an important member of our communications team when she joins us after Easter. She has broad experience and sound knowledge of communications, and will contribute towards the work on maintaining and strengthening Veidekke's profile and reputation in the years ahead," says Communications Director Kai Krüger Henriksen of Veidekke.

For more information please contact:
Executive Vice President, Communications, Kai Krüger Henriksen, tel. +47 21 05 77 04

Veidekke is one of Scandinavia's largest contractors with 6,100 employees and a turnover of NOK 18 billion (2011). Activities include building and construction projects, residential developments, asphalt plants, gravel and aggregates and road maintenance. Our values are professional, honest, enthusiastic and pioneering. Our goals for health, safety and the environment, HSE, have equal status with our financial goals.  Veidekke is characterized by a decentralized organizational model with a strong corporate culture and a high degree of employee involvement. Over half the employees are co-owners, holding 20% of Veidekke's shares between them. The company is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange and has never declared a loss since it was founded in 1936.