Lars Bergström takes up position of President and CEO of BE Group

Lars Bergström takes up position of President and CEO of BE Group

Press release 			

March 6, 2009


Lars Bergström, who has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of 
BE Group AB, will take up the position on Wednesday, March 11.

Lars Bergström is fifty years old and holds an MSc in engineering from the
Swedish Royal Institute of Technology and an MBA from Uppsala University. He has
a long professional history in the Swedish engineering sector, including several
positions with the ABB Group. He also has experience leading a multinational in
a listed environment from when he served as President and CEO of KMT, Karoline
Machine Tools, which was a listed company during his five years at the helm.
Most recently, he was President and CEO of HTC Group, which provides
professional floor treatment systems.


The information presented here is such that BE Group AB (publ) is required to
publish pursuant to the Swedish Securities Markets Act and/or the Swedish
Financial Instruments Trading Act. The information was released for publication
on March 6, 2009 at 08.30 a.m. CET.


For further information, please contact:
Lars Bergström, President and Chief Executive Officer, effective from March 11,
2009:
+46 (0) 70 240 52 35

Torbjörn Clementz, CFO and Deputy Chief Executive Officer, acting CEO: 
+46 (0) 70 869 07 88, 
E-mail: torbjorn.clementz@begroup.com


BE Group AB (publ), listed on the OMX Nordic Exchange, Stockholm since November
2006, is one of the leading trading and service companies within steel and other
metals in Europe. The company has about 10,000 customers, primarily within the
construction and engineering industries. BE Group provides service in the steel,
stainless steel and aluminium sectors. The company's sales in 2008 were SEK 7.7
billion. BE Group has more than 1,000 employees in ten countries in northern
Europe, where Sweden and Finland are its largest markets. The head office is in
Malmö, Sweden. For more information, you are invited to visit us online at
www.begroup.com.