Lorna Stangeland (50) is appointed VP of Supply Chain Management in the Atea Group. She brings executive experience and a proven track record of leadership within logistics and supply chain management.   Lorna joins Atea from the logistics company Vectura AS, where she has worked as Chief Executive Officer since 2013.  Prior to this, she has worked as the Nordic Logistics manager for JF Hildebrand, and as the Nordic Managing Director for VSD Logistics.  She has also previously held management positions for the IT and consumer electronics companies Thorn, Getronics and InfoCare. "We are truly excited to announce Lorna's appointment to the newly created position of VP of Supply Chain Management for the Atea Group," commented Atea CEO Steinar Sønsteby.  "As the largest provider of IT infrastructure in the Nordic and Baltic region, Supply Chain Management is one of Atea's most critical business processes.  This is an area in which Atea can exploit its unique scale advantages to generate significant customer value and cost savings.  For this reason, we have decided to organize all supply chain operations in the group under one Director, and to further invest in our people, systems and services within this critical function." The new organization will include all logistics and supply chain operations in each of the countries in which Atea operates, including Atea's physical distribution center in Växjö.  The new VP of Supply Chain management will report directly to Atea CEO Steinar Sønsteby.   For further information, please contact: Steinar Sønsteby, CEO Atea ASA, mobile (+47) 930 55 655 Robert Giori, CFO Atea ASA, mobile (+47) 934 09 188 About Atea Atea is the leading supplier of IT infrastructure and system integration in the Nordic and Baltic regions with 6,800 employees. Atea is present in 89 cities in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. Atea delivers IT products from leading vendors and assists its customers with specialist competencies within IT infrastructure services. Atea had revenue of approximately NOK 28 billion in 2015 and is listed on Oslo Stock Exchange www.atea.com.