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Kodaks Graphic Communications Group Appoints Björn Wesström Managing Director for its International Clusters Business
Wednesday 23. January 2008 - Björn Wesström has been appointed Managing Director for the International Clusters business at Kodaks Graphic Communications Group (GCG).
The territory includes Eastern Europe, Russia, the Middle East and Africa as well as a number of countries in Southern Europe where the GCG has an indirect sales channel and works with sales and service partners.
Wesström takes over from Gérard Cardinet, GCG Vice President Sales EAMER (Europe, Middle East and Africa Region), who had been overseeing International Clusters on an interim basis. Wesström has a 30-year track record at Kodak involving a wide variety of management and business development roles. A native of Sweden, he has worked across a number of EAMER countries during his career. Since 2005 he has been Managing Director for the GCG in Nordics.
“After many enjoyable and fulfilling years in Nordics I am proud and delighted to be selected for this new international role, which will involve working in a large and diverse territory that presents many exciting challenges and opportunities for development,” Wesström said. “International Clusters includes a lot of dynamic and growing economies as well as important emerging markets where our customers and potential customers are keen to embrace the leading edge solutions provided by Kodak. My ambition is for Kodak to support our customers and partners in these countries so they can be competitive as their businesses grow and develop in future.”
Wesströms replacement as Managing Director Nordics is Philippe Berte. Both appointments were effective 1 January 2008. Wesströms position as Managing Director of Kodak AB, the overall Kodak holding company for Nordics, is unaffected and he continues in that position going forward.