New member of Group Management and new Managing Director for Mercuri International France

(Stockholm April 25, 2012) --- With immediate effect Mr Serge Bret will assume the role as Vice President Business Development within Mercuri International Group AB, and report directly to President & CEO Ola Strömberg.

“I am very excited to have Serge join the Mercuri International Group Management Team in his new role. He has throughout his career with Mercuri shown outstanding results and his promotion to this role shows our commitment to strong investments into innovation and customer focused solutions”, say Mr Strömberg.

Serge Bret started as a consultant in Mercuri International France in 1990 and has since had several positions where his latest was Managing Director of the successful unit. Throughout his career within Mercuri he has demonstrated a strong capability to gain and retain key clients and build a valuable rapport with customers. In addition Serge has shown great initiative, innovation and business development capacity which he will be able to leverage on a global scale in his new role as VP Business Development for Mercuri International Group AB.

“This is an inspiring challenge for myself and I am confident we can further strengthen the competitive advantages of Mercuri International by investing resources into our already world-class offering”, says Mr Bret.

Taking over the role as Managing Director of Mercuri International France will be Mrs Yvelise Lebon who has solid and successful experience from the industry having been VP of a significant player in the global sales training and consulting arena.

“Based on the track record and experience of Mrs Lebon I am very confident we have a found a perfect match for Mrs Lebon and Mercuri International.”, says Mr Strömberg. Following her appointment Mrs Lebon adds: “Together with the strong team in Mercuri International France I have very high hopes for continued success for us in the French market. We know we will be able to leverage from the unique global presence we have and gain key accounts which we can help to take sales to a higher level.”

PRESS CONTACTS

Ola Strömberg, mobile +46 70-811 99 06, email ola.stromberg@mercuri.se