Norstat Names First Head of Mergers and Acquisitions

Oslo, Norway-based data collection specialist Norstat has appointed Mats Beck as Head of its newly established Strategy and M&A unit.

Owned by investment firm Triton and with 21 offices in twelve countries, Norstat provides access to online panels in eighteen European countries, and also offers other traditional data collection methods in some of those markets. A year ago, it acquired Hamburg-based consumer data company mafo.de, and in 2018 it bought the web panel of data collection company Concilia.

Beck (pictured) joins with more than ten years' strategy and M&A experience. Most recently he served as Head of M&A at digital infrastructure provider GlobalConnect/IP-Only Group, delivering an M&A agenda combined with corporate development initiatives, and supporting the CEO and Chairman as Secretary to the Board of Directors. Before this, he was a management consultant within strategy and M&A at Capgemini Consulting, supporting Nordic corporates with strategic M&A advice, and conducting buy-side commercial due diligence for private equity owners.

Knut Aasrud, CEO of Norstat, comments: 'We continue to follow our ambitions to strengthen our position in the market and to accelerate our growth in Europe. We are happy to have found Mats for the position of Head of Strategy and M&A. He is not only very experienced in his field, but also highly motivated to drive the future growth and expansion of Norstat'.

Web site: www.norstatgroup.com .