Wirtek expands leadership with a new CFO

 

Wirtek's Board of Directors has appointed Aurora Pestesan as new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). The expansion of the Executive Management team is anchored In the Accelerate25 strategy and a wish of strengthening the Leadership. The appointment concludes the search process for a CFO as previously communicated (see company announcement no. 15/2021).

Intensive knowledge from international banking 

"We are really happy to welcome Aurora as our new CFO at Wirtek. Our company has grown to a size where an in-house CFO is needed with responsibility for financial control and reporting as well as the strongest possible capital structure due to our growth strategy based on both organic and acquired growth. Aurora will no doubt strengthen the leadership team with her extensive knowledge and skills from an impressive career," says Michael Aaen, CEO of Wirtek. 

Aurora Pestesan comes from a senior position at Deutsche Bank and has spent several years in international banking, insurance, and corporations across Europe and in the US. Central in her career has been senior responsibility for implementation of processes and systems within financial planning, risk management, controlling, and reporting of financials to top management, leading teams across multiple national entities. Prior to her position at Deutsche Bank, Aurora was heading an international team at BNP Paribas, standardizing and optimizing processes and IFRS reporting aligned with the individual business leaders' growth plans and operational processes. Aurora Pestesan is a Romanian citizen, and she will be based at Wirtek's Bucharest office. 

Wirtek has it all - a profitable growth strategy and a healthy corporate culture 

"Wirtek seems to have it all. A growth strategy focusing on profitable growth and a healthy corporate culture with a focus on employees and job satisfaction. I look very much forward to work with the entire team at Wirtek, further strengthening the financial processes and reporting to all stakeholders. I am confident that together we can accomplish amazing results," says Aurora Pestesan.       

Now, that Aurora Pestesan joined as Chief Financial Officer, the Executive Management of Wirtek consists of  

  • Michael Aaen, Chief Executive Officer, CEO 
  • Emmett King, Chief Operating Officer, COO 
  • Aurora Pestesan, Chief Financial Officer, CFO

 

Further information  

  • Michael Aaen, CEO, Wirtek A/S, Phone: +45 2529 7575, E-mail: ir@wirtek.com 
    Niels Jernes Vej 10, 9220 Aalborg Ø, www.wirtek.com  
  • Kent Mousten Sørensen, Chairman, Wirtek A/S, Phone: +45 2125 9001 
  • Per Vestergaard, Certified Advisor, CDI Global, Phone: +45 2176 4317 

 

About Wirtek 

Wirtek is an international IT outsourcing company. Since 2001, we have been teaming up with companies to help them create great software solutions and electronic equipment products.

Several clients have been with us for more than 10 years, so we can confidently say that in outsourcing, the quality of the relationship matters just as much as the quality of the delivered software. Our clients get state-of-the-art technical solutions and a committed team that works with them as if it were their own.

Wirtek has offices in Denmark (HQ + sales) and four development and test centers in Romania, and we are 180+ colleagues. Wirtek was listed at Nasdaq First North Growth Market Denmark in 2006.

Ticker Code: WIRTEK (DK0060040913) 

 

 

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