Ben Guren will be appointed as the new Group Chief Financial Officer of FLSmidth and a member of the Group Executive Management. Guren is expected to take up his new position no later than 1 July 2012.
Guren, aged 51, is a Norwegian citizen who since 2007 been Group Vice President Finance, IT & Legal of Jotun Group, Norway. From 2006 to 2007 Guren was acting as Chief Financial Officer of Helly Hansen Group, Norway and from 1989 to 2006 he was partner in KPMG, Norway. Guren is a state-authorised public accountant, graduated from the Norwegian School of Economics & Business Administration in Bergen.
Guren replaces Poul Erik Tofte who has been the Group Chief Financial Officer at FLSmidth since 2003.
