Arni Ekholm

Relais Group is a leading compounder and acquisition platform on the commercial vehicle aftermarket in Northern Europe. We have a sector focus in vehicle life cycle enhancement and related services. We also serve as a growth platform for the companies we own. We are a profitable company seeking strong growth. We carry out targeted acquisitions in line with our growth strategy and want to be an active player in the consolidation of the aftermarket in our area of operation. Our acquisitions are targeted at companies having a good strategic fit with our group companies. Our net sales in 2025 were EUR 383.4 (2024: 322.6) million. In 2025 we made seven acquisitions. We employ approximately 1,700 professionals in eight different countries. The Relais Group share is listed on the Main Market of Nasdaq Helsinki with the stock symbol RELAIS. www.relais.fi

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As the Managing Director for Olympus Europa Consumer Products Division I was in charge of running the entire Consumer business (digital cameras, audio devices) in the EMEA Region. The organization consisted of own subsidiaries and distributor markets, The European HQ was in Hamburg, where all central sales and marketing strategies and guidelines were developed. In addition, the EMEA Region had three central repair and service facilities. The turnover of this divison was ca 400 million euros and the amount of personnel ca 450. Additionally, as a Divisional MD I was a Board Member in Olympus Europa GmbH, jointly responsible with the other Divisional heads ("Geschäftsführung") for the entire business of Olympus within the EMEA Region (Medical Systems Division, Life and Material Science Division and ,Industrial Systems Division). I have also been a Board member or Chairman in several subsidiary Boards, such as Russia and Turkey. My reporting line was to the global Group President in Tokyo, and to the Executive Managing Director in Hamburg. During the time I was based in Hamburg I carried out two major restructuring projects and implemented a new business strategy within the EMEA Region.

As the Regional Managing Director , I was in charge of the entire organization and all business areas (Medical Systems Division, Consumer Products Division, Life and Material Sciences Division and Industrial Products Division) in the Nordic Region (including the Baltic states). In addition, I was the MD and a Board Member for each country company within the Region. The Medical Systems Division business also included local Service workshops and a central Nordic repair unit in Estonia. During the time as a Regional Managing Director, I carried out a major restructuring for all business units, most importantly for the Medical Systems Division including a new organizational model and a successful new business approach. The Nordic Region has constantly been the most successful Region within the EMEA organization.

In this task I was the Managing Director of Finland, Estonia,Latvia and Lithuania for all Olympus businesses (Medical Systems Division, Consumer Products Division, Life and Material Sciences, Industrial Division). The biggest achievement was to put together the two distributor based organizations (Medical and Consumer) in 2004-2005 building a strong and successful Olympus organization. In addition, the Baltic country organizations were created under my supervision during this period. This Region was usually always the most successful Region within Europe,both in sales and profit terms. In addition I was the Deputy Regional MD for the Nordic Region, and the Regional Manager for Consumer Business for the Nordic and Baltic Regions.

In the beginning of this period I was the Commercial Director for the newly founded Gillette Group Nordic, supporting the Regional GM to create a new organization (merging the country units of Gillette, Braun, Duracell and Oral-B) and a Regional HQ in Copenhagen, In the next assignment I was in charge for the Braun and Oral-B businesses as a Business Unit Director. For a period of ca 18 months I was the Managing Director for Gillette Group Norway.My last position was a Field Sales Director, being in charge of all sales organizations with the Region. Key words: restructuring, strategic marketing, country management.

In this task I was responsible for the sales and marketing of Duracell within the Finnish market place, reporting to the Nordic GM. During my time we made Duracell in to the absolute market leader in Finland, by innovative marketing and by dramatically increasing the retail distribution.

Various marketing and sales positions in Finland and Sweden