Konecranes Oyj - Company Announcement

KONECRANES PLC - KONECRANES APPOINTS RYAN FLYNN AS EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, HEAD OF BUSINESS AREA EQUIPMENT

KONECRANES PLC  STOCK EXCHANGE RELEASE  March 27, 2014 at 09:00

Ryan Flynn is returning to Konecranes Plc and he has been appointed Executive
Vice President and Head of Business Area Equipment. 

Mr. Flynn will be a member of the Konecranes Group Executive Board and will
report to Pekka Lundmark, President & CEO. Mr. Flynn will start in his new
position on June 1, 2014. 

Ryan Flynn has held the position of Vice President, Strategy & Business
Development at BlueScope Steel, Global Building Solutions since 2013. In
2005-2013, Mr. Flynn worked at Konecranes Plc as the Senior Vice President,
Head of Region Asia-Pacific and Director, Port Cranes & Lifttrucks, Northeast &
Southeast Asia. All the above-mentioned duties were located in Shanghai, China.
Mr. Flynn has previous working experience in Johannesburg, South Africa at NFS
Industrial Machinery (Pty) Limited, Afinta Motor Corporation and Standard Bank. 

Ryan Flynn is born in 1971 and holds BCom and MBA degrees.

“I am very pleased that Ryan Flynn has decided to come back to Konecranes”,
says President & CEO Pekka Lundmark. “He will bring a wealth of knowledge and
experience to our equipment business, particularly in lifting solutions,
customer industry understanding and the Asian markets”, he concludes. 

Mr. Flynn succeeds Hannu Rusanen who has announced that he is leaving
Konecranes to pursue other interests. 


KONECRANES PLC

Miikka Kinnunen
Director, Investor Relations



FURTHER INFORMATION
Analysts and Investors:
Miikka Kinnunen, Director, Investor Relations, Konecranes Plc,
tel. +358 20 427 2050

Press:
Mikael Wegmüller, Vice President, Marketing and Communications, Konecranes Plc,
tel. +358 20 427 2008 




Konecranes is a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, serving a broad
range of customers, including manufacturing and process industries, shipyards,
ports, and terminals. Konecranes provides productivity-enhancing lifting
solutions as well as services for lifting equipment and machine tools of all
makes. In 2013, Group sales totaled EUR 2,100 million. The Group has 11,800
employees, at 600 locations in 48 countries. Konecranes is listed on NASDAQ OMX
Helsinki (symbol: KCR1V). 



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