Lindberg replaces Gromniak at Echo Investment

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POLAND The supervisory board of Echo Investment has appointed Nicklas Lindberg to replace Piotr Gromniak as the chief executive officer of Echo Investment.
Gromniak will remain on the company’s board as its COO. “Putting Mr Nicklas Lindberg in charge of Echo Investment is a step toward the company’s expansion as not only a local, but also an international company,” said the chairman of the supervisory board, Karim Khairallah. For last 15 years, Nicklas Lindberg has been employed by Skanska, where he has been president for Skanska Commercial Development Europe (CDE), Skanska’s business unit that develops properties in C
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