Rune O. Årnes Email & Phone Number

Global

Heading all operational health, safety and environmental activities globally in the group of Ahlstrom including a special focus on Operational Energy Efficiency.

Helsinki, Southern Finland, Finland

Heading all health, safety and continous improvement activities globally in the group of Ahlstrom-Munksjö including a special focus on energy efficiency, enhancing operational excellence. Driving quality standards by making sure manufacturing sites have implemented robust quality management systems and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Stockholm, Sweden

Coordinating activities in Ahlstrom-Munksjö where all have the same target; namely to achieve zero injuries. This includes setting strategic direction and roadmap, develop and owns occupational health and safety policy, standards, guidelines, safety rules and lifesaving rules, ensure collaboration, compliance and use of best practices. Reports to EVP.

Stockholm, Sweden

Spearheading corporate projects (M&A, Integration, Business Development and other cross functional projects) globally for Munksjö. Dual position as Group Health and Safety Manager as from November 2014. Reported to President and CEO.

Stockholm, Sweden

Head of Munksjö`s Project office. Integrating and coordinating activities spanning nearly 3.000 employees after the merger in May 2013. Involving also corporate business development projects, monitoring, securing and follow-up the realization of synergies of EUR 26 million.

Stockholm, Sweden

Assignments with business development projects, M&A activities for Munksjö Group. Mainly preparations like operational, environmental and financial due diligence of sites before the demerger and merger of Ahlstrom Label and Processing into Munksjö.

Hökedalen 40, 66892 Ed, Sweden

General Manager for the Swedish unit of Munksjö Inpak. The company`s packaging business was successfully divested to Tommen Gram Folie AS, with completion the 16th of December 2011, where I assisted them in the integration of the two plants.

N-1400 Ski, Norway

General Manager for the Norwegian Munksjö company Munksjö Inpak AS. After a turnaround-period with a renewed strategy with a mix of high organic growth and M&A (Munksjö Inpak AB, Ed, Sweden), we divested the company`s packaging business sucessfully to Tommen Gram Folie AS, with completion 11th of July 2011. Integration of activities commenced after the.

Oslo Area, Norway

Member and minority owner of Alcym AS board of Directors (new venture with a unique Combined Heat and Power (CHP) technology)

Kinnahult, Sweden

General Manager for NMC Cellfoam AB in Kinnahult, Sweden in 2,5 years in addition to managing the norwegian conversion unit (NMC Norge AS).

Rygge, Norway

Initial employment as a Product Manager, advanced to Marketing Manager in 1997, thereafter I took the position as Managing Director in 2002 of this company leading the marketing, sales and development of technical foams.

Kinnahult, Sweden

Member of the advisory board for the two companies NMC Cellfoam AB and NMC Norge AS.

Kvaløy, Tromsø, Norway

Owner and daily management through franchise of a food retail store in Tromsø. With my 23 years of age, one of the youngest franchisee`s in Norway, and my store was one of the top 5 performers with regard to profitability.

Nordnorsk Importkompani AS, Tromsø

Sales Manager for Hennig Olsen Is, employed by Nord-Norsk Importkompani AS, a ASKO Norge AS company, introducing Hennig Olsen ice cream in Northern Norway for the first time - with success. We turned 6 million NOK after only one year in business.

Fredrikstad & Bardufoss

Administration Assistant in the Norwegian Army (antiaircraft artillery) at two different locations in Norway during the 12 month period.

Master Of Business Administration (Mba), A

EMBA - Executive Master of Business Administration

Bachelor'S Degree, International Marketing

3,5 years consisting of 2 years in Norway (Oslo) and 1,5 year in Germany; Köln, Kiel and Bremen. Skills in Finance & Investment, tax.