Ambu shares jump on new CEO appointment
19/05/2022 15:31
** Shares in Ambu AMBUb.CO rise nearly 10% after the
Danish medical equipment company named Britt Meelby Jensen as
its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nFWN2XB0T1
** Jensen, current board member at Ambu, replaces Juan Jose
Gonzalez, effective as of May 20, the company said
** Today's share reaction is opposite to the one from three
years ago, when Gonzalez appointment as CEO sent Ambu shares 14%
lower urn:newsml:newsroom:20190510:nL5N22M1TR:0
** Ambu stock has lost about 40% since May 2019 when
Gonzalez took the helm
** Ambu is among top performers on STOXX 600 .STOXX index
(Reporting by Agnieszka Gosciak)
((agnieszka.gosciak@thomsonreuters.com))