Investment AB Latour (publ) announced that Heléne Mellquist has been employed as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer in Latour. Latour's operations have had a strong growth for a long time. With this as a background, it is natural to adapt and strengthen the organisation to continue growing in combination with an active ownership and a delegated organisation.

Heléne Mellquist has a long industrial and international experience from senior positions within, among others, Volvo Group, most recently as CEO for Volvo Penta. Heléne's background and profile fit well into Latour, a long-term principal owner in leading international industrial companies. As part of the management team Heléne will share the ownership responsibility for Latour´s holdings with the rest of the management in Latour.