06.01.2016

New communicator for Alimak

Mastclimber and hoist manufacturer Alimak has appointed Sofia Wretman as head of communications & investor relations.

Wretman will join Alimak at the end of the month from Swedish public relations agency Hallvarsson & Halvarsson, where she has been a senior consultant for eight years. Prior to that she was PR and communications manager for three years with the SAS Institute, a software and services supplier, having joined the company in 2005 from IBC Euroforum Sweden, a conference organiser where she was a project manager. Before that she carried out a similar role at the Founders Alliance, a networking business where she worked for a year.
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Sofia Wretman

Chief executive Tormod Gunleiksrud said: “I am happy to welcome Sofia to Alimak, she will assume the overall responsibility for communication within the group and will also be a member of the executive management team. We see her recruitment as a natural step in enhancing the communication with all our stakeholders, especially following our IPO on Nasdaq Stockholm last year”.

Wretman will replace John Womack who has held the position on an interim basis since March 2015.