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Saturday23 September 2023

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Former Ambu CEO received millions of kroner in severance pay

Juan Jose Gonzalez got DKK 14.54m (USD 2m) when he left the Danish medtech company in May.

Juan Jose Gonzalez, former CEO of Ambu | Photo: Ambu/PR

by christian bundgaard, translated by daniel pedersen

A number of downgrades and disappointing results, which sent the company’s stock price plummeting, finally led to Ambu having to face the consequence and fire its former CEO Juan Jose Gonzalez in May of this year.

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