Virpi Holmqvist named CEO of care giant Attendo
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- Attendo has appointed Virpi Holmqvist as its new chief executive after she led the company’s Finnish operations.
- She will become one of the few Finns to lead a major Swedish company.
- Attendo reported revenue of 19 billion Swedish kronor last year and employs about 22,000 people across more than 700 Nordic locations.
Virpi Holmqvist will take over as chief executive of Attendo, one of the Nordic region’s largest care companies. She previously led the company’s operations in Finland.
The appointment follows current CEO Martin Tivéus’s announcement during the summer that he would move to lead another company. Attendo is headquartered in Stockholm and listed on the Stockholm Stock Exchange.
Holmqvist will become one of the few Finns to rise to the top of a large Swedish company. Attendo generated 19 billion Swedish kronor, or about 1.7 billion euros, in revenue last year and has around 22,000 employees at more than 700 locations across the Nordic countries.
More than half of the group’s revenue comes from Finland, with the remainder generated in Sweden and Denmark. Most of its business comes from elderly care.
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Originally published by Helsingin Sanomat in Finnish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.
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