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Re: Bang & Olufsen appoints experienced CEO

Craig — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:04:11 GMT

Sounds like a good choice for the job IMO. Lets hope he does well.

Craig

Re: Bang & Olufsen appoints experienced CEO

darioazul — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 10:08:37 GMT

Let the speculation begin...

It sounds as though he may have the skills to re-focus B&O on its audio/video/integration/design with purpose not just looks & I would auto. I think the auto is good & logical extension of their business. After all, we (USA) spend so much time commuting that a great sound system helps.

Best of Luck of the new CEO.

Dario

Re: Bang & Olufsen appoints experienced CEO

expoman — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 22:47:30 GMT

Brüel & Kjær is a subsidiary of UK-based Spectris plc.

Re: Bang & Olufsen appoints experienced CEO

Toby — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:17:02 GMT

Well after reading the news I feel confident B&O is save.

Re: Bang & Olufsen appoints experienced CEO

Bingo — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:19:48 GMT

I wonder what this new superman will change in the portofolio and prices :-)

Re: Bang & Olufsen appoints experienced CEO

Puncher — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 17:23:36 GMT

9 LEE:
Tom:
Henry:

Must dash back to Champions League now! Stunning first half goal.
Sorry guys; off topic:
Good game, don't you think? I would like to see ManU winning the Champions League, but only if that C.R. would not be in the team any more. I just can't stand her!
If you want "theatrical" - try a Mr Didier Drogba of Chelsea Football Club, London, England.
6ft 4" of Oscar Winning Ballerina with a turf-magnet in the back of his shorts and the pain threshold of a kitten.
Hurrumph
Lee

Is that from an Eastbourne Prawn sandwich fan???

Re: Bang & Olufsen appoints experienced CEO

9 LEE — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:45:46 GMT

Tom:
Henry:
Must dash back to Champions League now! Stunning first half goal.
Sorry guys; off topic:
Good game, don't you think? I would like to see ManU winning the Champions League, but only if that C.R. would not be in the team any more. I just can't stand her!

If you want "theatrical" - try a Mr Didier Drogba of Chelsea Football Club, London, England.

6ft 4" of Oscar Winning Ballerina with a turf-magnet in the back of his shorts and the pain threshold of a kitten.

Hurrumph

Lee

Re: Bang & Olufsen appoints experienced CEO

Puncher — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:38:27 GMT

Tom:
Henry:

Must dash back to Champions League now! Stunning first half goal.
Sorry guys; off topic:
Good game, don't you think? I would like to see ManU winning the Champions League, but only if that C.R. would not be in the team any more. I just can't stand her!

Ooh. ............... you've touched a nerve there! Don't you just hate him ................. unless he signed for Newcastle Utd. of course!

Re: Bang & Olufsen appoints experienced CEO

Tom — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:27:31 GMT

Henry:
Must dash back to Champions League now! Stunning first half goal.

Sorry guys; off topic:

Good game, don't you think? I would like to see ManU winning the Champions League, but only if that C.R. would not be in the team any more. I just can't stand her!

Re: Bang & Olufsen appoints experienced CEO

Puncher — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 16:23:02 GMT

I use Bruel & Kjaer sound and vibration measuring equipment at work - it actually looks like old B&O test equipment

But it does exactly what it says on the tin! - high quality measurement and analysis of sound and vibration. I'm not sure if this gives the CEO any qualification to manage B&O but B&K are renowned for what they are and what they do - if he carries the same core values to B&O then hopefully we can forget the "expansion" markets and become "best in class" in our core area (audio quality/integration, for me as a requisite, video second).

Bring it on!

Re: Bang & Olufsen appoints experienced CEO

Stars — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:44:25 GMT

Thanks for all the info written in this thread, and for Lee's news article too.

After such a long time with no CEO in office, Mr. Nielsen sounds encouraging for the future and advancement of B&O.

Must dash back to Champions League now! Stunning first half goal.

Re: Bang & Olufsen appoints experienced CEO

Jandyt — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:05:38 GMT

All the very best to Kalle
I hope it doesn't take long before we (Beoworld) strike up a good relationship with him as we did with TBS.
Perhaps we could then ask him how to pronounce his middle name!

Andy T.

Re: Bang & Olufsen appoints experienced CEO

BenSA — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:34:33 GMT

Sounds very promising!! Hopefully exciting times ahead!

Re: Bang & Olufsen appoints experienced CEO

Tom — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:39:57 GMT

Good news for us all I think. This man sure is qualified for the job of Bang & Olufsen CEO. If they took that long to introduce/ present the new CEO, than it sure was because they wanted to find the right man for that job. For the rest: wait and see...

Re: Bang & Olufsen appoints experienced CEO

Chrisreunion — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 10:28:33 GMT

I didn't know anything about this person before I read the article, but I think this is real good news for B&O; the man is young, he's a technician, and also cares about customer needs, that seems only good for me, as he should be in a position to work on B&O's main weakness at the moment: lack of new technology integration, with so many products that don't speak the same language in terms of connections, formats, and standards: HDMI TVs without HDMI sources, MP3 players that all play a different format at a different bitrate, and digital speakers that can't be fed by any TV and only 2 audio systems...among other things.

I still hope the strategy will be to update and upgrade the present range, instead of launching new products with new names that will soon become a BeoVision 11 or BeoLab 12, when BeoVision 2 and BeoLab 6/8 still haven't been released.. I still don't understand why BV9 is not called BV5 mark 2..

Let's hope we have some great news in the future!