Press release -

New Chairman of the Board enters as major owner of GWS

At the GWS Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, Semmy Rülf was elected new chairman of the board.

Today he buys 200 000 shares from former chairman of the board and founder of the company, Lars Lidgren who remains on the Board.

Semmy Rülf (born 1950) has worked for a long time in the IT industry as well as in the medical technology industry during his career. Among other things within the IT industry, as CEO for Axis Communications, chairman for Qlik and Mindroute Incentive.

Within Medtech he was CEO for ProstaLund and chairman for Jolife and Dignitana. He has been a member of Vitrolife, Xvivo and many more Medtech companies. During 10 years he acted as chairman for TechnoSeed, the Seed Venture Capital Fund based at IDEON in Lund.

Semmy Rülf is based in London since 10 years back where he worked for Visit Sweden as Regional Director, responsible for England, USA, China and South Europe.

By purchasing the shares in GWS, Semmy Rülf becomes one of the single largest private shareholders in GWS production.

-I have been following GWS for a number of years. It is an interesting company with a great future potential and the deal is a long-term investment, Semmy Rülf comments.

Topics

  • Crises, Incident

About GWS Production AB 

GWS, (Global Warning System) was founded in 2009, triggered by the experience of the global SARS epidemic, the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, and the Mumbai terror attacks. The company offers a personal security mobile app, Safeture. The app protects travelers through real-time tracking and provides valuable real-time information about disasters, and other threats that could impact you while you’re abroad. The system consists of a range of services that are delivered via the traveler’s mobile phone and is suitable for both businesses (Safeture Pro), and for private individuals (Safeture).

For additional information, visit www.globalwarningsystem.com or contact GWS CEO Andreas Rodman: +46 (0) 708 - 10 13 16 or via andreas.rodman@globalwarningsystem.com 

Related media

New Chairman of the Board enters as major owner of GWS
  • New Chairman of the Board enters as major owner of GWS
  • License: Media Use
    The content may be downloaded by journalists, bloggers, columnists, creators of public opinion, etc. It can be used and shared in different media channels to convey, narrate, and comment on your press releases, posts, or information, provided that the content is unmodified. The author or creator shall be attributed to the extent and in the manner required by good practice (this means, for example, that photographers should be attributed).
  • File format: .pdf
Download