OSLO, NORWAY: Carasent ASA announced that Dennis Höjer has informed the Board of Directors that he will step down as CEO. The Board will immediately start the search for a new CEO, and Dennis will remain CEO until the Company completes the process of identifying and onboarding his successor.
“Dennis has notified the board of his decision not to continue as CEO. Through his nine years with the company, in various key management positions, he has played a crucial part in taking Carasent to where we are today. We are pleased that Dennis will continue as CEO until we find his successor, allowing the Company time to complete a thorough process”, says Johan Lindqvist, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Carasent.
Dennis Höjer has been with Carasent since 2013 and has served as CEO since December 2020.
“I joined the company nine years ago, and it has been a tremendous and successful journey. Over the past few years, we have quickly grown, organically and via several acquisitions, from a small company to a large group with strong product offerings. I am proud of what we have achieved together, and I believe we are well-positioned for the future. Given the challenges that await in this new phase, and some very welcomed changes to my own family situation, I feel that the timing for stepping down is good both for the company and myself. I really care about the company, I am a significant shareholder, and will stay in the position for as long as Carasent needs me”, comments Dennis Höjer.
Dennis Höjer and companies controlled by him holds 2,807,887 shares, and 78,573 subscription rights, in Carasent. A vast majority of the shares is subject to a lock-up expiring in March 2023.
Carasent ASA was founded in 1997. In May 2018 the Swedish company Evimeria EMR AB, a company providing cloud-based medical record services to the health care industry, was acquired.
In December 2020 Carasent ASA acquired the Norwegian company Avans Soma AS, a developer of leading medical record systems and IT solutions in the Norwegian health care market.
Metodika AB, provider of Metodika EPM, a highly competitive all in one solution for medium sized private clinics and hospitals in Europe, was acquired in May 2021. Carasent’s strategy is to develop and expand digitalization that helps customers in providing efficient and qualitative health care services in the Scandinavian market.
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