IK Investment Partners, a Pan-European private equity firm, has appointed Kai Wärn as partner with future responsibility for strategy, operations and business control.
He is currently chief executive of Swedish-listed company Seco Tool and will begin at IK in January 2011.
Wärn will be based in IK’s Stockholm office.
Wärn has more than 25 years’ experience in the industry. He began his career with ABB where he spent nearly 20 years holding various senior international positions including roles in Belgium, Germany and the UK. Most recently he was responsible for the business unit robotics.
Following his departure from ABB in 2004, Wärn was appointed president and chief executive of Seco Tools, a listed Swedish industrial tools business with 4,500 employees and operations in more than 40 countries globally.
Björn Savén, executive chairman at IK, says: “We are excited by Kai’s appointment and look forward to welcoming him to the team in due course. Kai’s significant industry expertise fits perfectly with IK’s hands-on approach with our portfolio companies which, in today’s challenging climate, is imperative in order to generate attractive returns for investors and we are proud to say that this approach is one of IK’s key strengths.”
