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Date 6th luly 2o11
To Whom It May Concern:
Amelie Danielsson
Amelie worked for ASSA ABLOY EMEA, in our head office in South London from 28th
March 2011 until 8th July 2011. ASSA ABLoY is the global leader in door opening
solutions and has a turnover approaching 4bn Euros. The EMEA division has sales of
1.4bn Euros and approx 10,000 employees across the region. During her time with the
Company Amelie worked for two areas of our business: Business Development, and
Mergers & Acquisitions. A summary of her activities and competence follows:
Business Development Activities :
Analvsis of Eurooean construction industry:
Amelie analysed market data from various sources (Euroconstruct/Eurostat) and
developed a report including evolution of key indicators across EMEA: e"g. construction
output, number of permits, residential/non residential indicators, etc. These slides were
used to support senior level meetings.
Pricing Strategy
Amelie participated in the implementation of the pricing project in Czech and Romania,
analysing data, finding inconsistencies, making recommendations and professionally
liaising with and supporting the local teams. She quickly grasped the technicalities of
our complex product range and the objective of the process.
Competencies /Ski I ls.:
Amelie is a very diligent, determined and dedicated individual. She is able to articulate
problems in a structured manner and appears to be quite proficient at using MS Office
products (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
She shows energy and enthusiasm in all tasks even when asked to do seemingly menial
things (like expense reports)
Mergers & Acquisitions Activities :
Amelie has been involved in the following assignments during her time with the EMEA
M&A team:
o preparing a presentation profiling potential German acquisition targets
r presentation for a meeting in Russia
o Qther ad-hoc work
Her tasks involved amongst other things researching, analysing sourced information,
preparing slides and calculating financial ratios. She also participated in a number of
conference calls.
Overall, Amelie's quality of work has been very good and this has improved over time.
Amelie was always keen to learn by asking questions on M&A and studying the reading

2. materials provided to her. She is confident enough to come up with own suggestions
and exhibits a matured and professional approach to performing assigned tasks.
Overall, Amelie has good interpersonal skills, is hardworking, motivated and has been a
valuable addition to the team.
From my personal perspective, although I have not been involved in the detail of the
work she has done, Amelie has been a pleasure to have in the office, always cheerful
and smiling and she has interacted well with all members of the team, not just in the
areas where she has worked.
We all wish her well with her degree studies and are sure she will become a very useful
employee in whatever field she chooses once she has finished her studies
Bill Harding
VP lluman Resources
ASSA ABLOY EMEA
ZK?ark,Units3&4
23, Commerce Way
Croydon, CRO 4ZS
Fax: +44 (0) 208 667 3191