Caverion Oyj - Company Announcement

Werner Kühn appointed to the Management Board of Caverion Corporation

Helsinki, 2014-07-28 09:00 CEST (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CAVERION CORPORATION   
STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE    [July 28, 2014 AT10:00] EEST 



Werner Kühn appointed to the Management Board of Caverion Corporation

Mr. Werner Kühn (55) has been appointed as Group Executive Vice President and
CEO of Division Germany and member of the Group Management Board of Caverion
Corporation. Mr. Kühn will start in his new position on February 1, 2015 at the
latest. He will report to the President and CEO Fredrik Strand. 

Werner Kühn is moving to Caverion from Tyco Fire & Security, Germany, where he
has worked as General Manager and Managing Director since 2012. He has over 15
years of experience from managing director and executive positions
internationally and nationally. He has previously held positions such as Vice
President EMEA Avocent at Emerson Network Power, Director Sales & Marketing
Europe at Proficiency Inc., Chief Research Officer in HTCS-International, Vice
President of UC-Networks and General Manager of Azlan, Europe's largest network
and security distributor. 

 “I am glad that I have the possibility to bring in my experience from complex
service business in an international context and to be able to contribute to
taking Caverion into the next level of success,” Werner Kühn states. 

“I am very pleased to welcome Mr. Kühn to Caverion. He is an experienced
leader, and I firmly believe that he will bring valuable insight on leading and
developing business and digitalization of services as well as sales and
customer thinking to Caverion. He has a significant role in transforming
Caverion into a genuine European service company,” says Fredrik Strand, the
President and CEO of Caverion Corporation. 

Karl-Walter Schuster, current head of Caverion's Division Germany (acting) will
continue until when Mr. Kühn will take up his position. After that Mr
Schuster's will fully concentrate on his permanent role as head of Project
Excellence business area. 



For additional information please contact:

Merja Eskola, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, tel. +358 40 744 0990,
merja.eskola@caverion.fi 
Milena Hæggström, Head of Investor Relations, tel. +358 40 5581 328,
milena.haeggstrom@caverion.fi 


The CV and the photo of Werner Kühn are available on Caverion's website at
www.caverion.com/investors. 

CAVERION CORPORATION


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Caverion designs, builds, operates and maintains user-friendly and
energy-efficient technical solutions for buildings and industries. Our services
are used in offices, retail properties, housing, public premises, industrial
plants and infrastructure, among other places. We aim to be a leading European
provider of advanced and sustainable life cycle solutions. Our strengths
include technological competence and comprehensive services, covering all
technical disciplines throughout the life cycle of the property and industrial
plant. Caverion was established through the demerger of Building Services and
Industrial Services businesses from YIT Group in June 2013. Our revenue for
2013 amounted to approximately EUR 2.5 billion. Caverion has nearly 18,000
employees in 13 countries in Northern and Central Europe. Caverion's shares are
listed on NASDAQ OMX Helsinki. www.caverion.com