Ambu A/S has appointed Henrik Skak Bender as the company?s new Chief Financial Officer and member of the Executive Management, effective 1 January 2024. Henrik succeeds Thomas Frederik Schmidt, who will step down, effective 31 December 2023. During Thomas?

period as CFO, the financial situation of Ambu has stabilised, the company has returned to positive free cash flow ahead of plan and reduced its gearing to a low level, and first steps have been taken towards strong profitable growth. During the next phase of the strategy, Ambu will zoom in on accelerating growth, while delivering improved profitability. Henrik Skak Bender will take on the CFO leadership during this phase, leveraging his strategic and operational experience from international companies to drive efficiency, agility and growth.

During the past 20 years, Henrik has worked at leading international companies, such as was Audiology, Urban Partners, McKinsey & Co and A.P. Moller-Maersk. At the hearing aid company, was Audiology, he served as CFO and Head of Integration, leading the finance, IT, legal and procurement functions. Prior to that, he served as CFO at Widex, where he was responsible for developing and executing the company?s growth and transformation strategy, together with the rest of the management team.

Most recently, Henrik joins from the asset management company, Urban Partners, where he serves as a member of the executive management, leading the company to grow from a Nordic player with EUR 6bn in assets under management in 2020 to a Northern European player with EUR +20bn in assets under management. At Urban Partners, Henrik held a position as Partner and COO, where he focused on driving and scaling a wide range of functions, including Investor Relations, Finance, IT and Sustainability.