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DIRK BLAAUW

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER (CEO) & BOARD MEMBER

Dirk Blaauw (1955) holds a business management degree from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh. He has more than 25 years of experience from managerial positions in a number of shipping and offshore companies listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange, and has worked with business development. From 2004-2008 he worked as CEO and managing director for Blom, returning in 2009. Blaauw owns 1 214 066 shares in the company.

LARS BAKKLUND

CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER (CFO)

Lars Bakklund (1968) holds a M.Sc in Economics and Business from the University of Mannheim, Germany. He has robust financial and managerial experience from international companies within various industries, namely IT, telecom, media and trading. The last ten years he has held positions as Chief Financial Officer or Financial Director. Prior to joining Blom as CFO he held the position as CFO of Ignis ASA.

Giovanni Banchini

CHIEF COUNTRY MANAGER, ITALY

Banchini boasts over twenty year-experience in remote sensing fields and since 1988 has actively contributed to its development into private companies. He is a member of several associations of the sector: A.I.T. (Italian Association of Remote Sensing); AM/FM (Automated Mapping/Facilities Management/GIS); ISPRS (International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing); ASPRS (American Company of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing).

Jan Skybak

COUNTRY MANAGING DIRECTOR, SPAIN

Skybak assumed the responsibility as CMD in Spain (including Portugal, Panama and Colombia), in June 2010. Prior to his current job in Blom, he was President & Owner of TD&C, International Investment, Management & Consulting Group. He has previously been a Director in the Danone Group in Madrid and General Manager and VP Sales & Marketing of the MBO company BSN Glasspack in Paris. Skybak has also worked for Owens Illinois (USA), as Controller in Germany, Treasury Dept in USA and Latin America Sales & Marketing responsible. He has a MBA/MIM from Thunderbird School of Global Management (USA).

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