NEW GROUP PRESIDENT OF COMROD COMMUNICATION ASA

EIRIK S. LARSEN (50) has been appointed new Group President of Comrod Communication ASA. He will take up his appointment on 1 August 2007.
 
Mr. Larsen is currently Director of Kverneland’s Russian operations. He has extensive managerial and international experience from his work in the Kverneland Group, where he was Divisional Manager and Chief Executive of Kverneland Klepp AS (farm machinery).

He has previously held managerial positions at Norwegian Petroleum Consultants AS and Rogaland Research.

Mr Larsen is a qualified electronic engineer and a business graduate of Stanford University.

He has first-hand experience in business and technology development in global niche markets, and in international acquisitions.


“We are highly delighted to have Eirik Larsen onboard as President of the Comrod Group. He shares our values and ethos for teamwork and cooperation in the Comrod Group and his arrival will strengthen group management,” says Erik Espeset, Chairman of the Board of Comrod Communication ASA. “We are convinced that his solid experience in international operations and thorough knowledge of industrial production make him the right person to lead the Comrod Communication Group into the future.”

Comrod’s business philosophy is to be the technology and market leader in selected global niche markets in defence communication. The group's key product areas are antennas, mast systems and power supply units for radio equipment.