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Lumen Announces CEO Transition

Kate Johnson Appointed President and CEO, Joins Board of Directors; Jeff Storey to Retire

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 15 September 2022 – Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN) today announced Kate Johnson has been appointed President, Chief Executive Officer and a member of the company’s Board of Directors with the transition date expected to be November 7, 2022. Johnson succeeds Jeff Storey, who has announced his retirement after a distinguished 40-year career within the telecommunication and technology industries, including Lumen and its predecessors. Storey will remain with the company through December 31, 2022, to ensure a smooth transition.

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Johnson is a technology executive with an extraordinary track record of success. She specialises in leading digital and business transformations to drive growth, having held key leadership roles across a variety of Fortune 100 companies including Oracle, General Electric and Microsoft. Most recently, Johnson led Microsoft U.S., the company’s largest business with a remit for all of the company’s sales, services, marketing and operations. During her four-year tenure in this role, she led the division through a substantive cultural transformation while nearly doubling enterprise revenues.

“Kate’s appointment and the strategic transition announced today are the culmination of a succession plan that Jeff and the board have been engaged in for the past several years,” said T. Michael Glenn, Chairman of Lumen’s Board of Directors. “We are confident she is the right leader to take the reins at this important moment in Lumen’s history. Kate is an inspiring and motivational leader who is known for identifying and creating growth. She is the ideal CEO for Lumen.”

Johnson stated, “I am proud to take on the CEO role and eager to advance the strategy Jeff and the team have created. Lumen has made significant progress strengthening its balance sheet, expanding its fibre footprint and enhancing its portfolio of digital capabilities. I’m looking forward to leading this great company through its next chapter and helping customers leverage the Lumen platform to power amazing digital world experiences.”

Glenn continued, “On behalf of the board, I thank Jeff for his leadership and commitment to Lumen during his time with the company. Thanks to his contributions, Lumen is leveraging the areas of our business that we believe are best poised for growth. The imprint Jeff leaves on Lumen is noteworthy – giving our customers better, faster and more secure connectivity. He led with care and empathy during challenging times including the pandemic, ensuring employees stayed safe and customers connected. He leaves Lumen with a strong foundation in place.”

“It has been a privilege to serve as Lumen’s CEO,” said Storey. “Throughout my time with the company, I have been incredibly impressed by our team’s commitment to Lumen and to our core purpose of furthering human progress through technology. I am proud of all that we have achieved together as we have driven forward on Lumen’s transformation journey. However, when I took this amazing job, I always spoke openly with the board about my future timeline for retirement. I am confident that the organisation has the strategy in place to deliver on its priority of achieving profitable revenue growth. I am very excited to welcome Kate to Lumen. I believe her experience, leadership and enthusiasm are exactly what we need as we drive the company forward.”

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About Lumen Technologies and the People of Lumen

Lumen is guided by our belief that humanity is at its best when technology advances the way we live and work. With approximately 450,000 route fibre miles and serving customers in more than 60 countries, we deliver the fastest, most secure platform for applications and data to help businesses, government and communities deliver amazing experiences. Learn more about the Lumen network, edge cloud, security, communication and collaboration solutions and our purpose to further human progress through technology at , LinkedIn: , Twitter: , Facebook: , Instagram: and YouTube: . Lumen and Lumen Technologies are registered trademarks in the United States.

Forward-looking Statements
Except for the historical and factual information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbour” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties and assumptions, many of which are beyond our control, including the finalisation of transition planning. Actual events and results may differ materially from those anticipated, estimated or projected if one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialise, or if underlying assumptions prove incorrect. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release. We undertake no obligation and expressly disclaim any such obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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Mead Johnson Nutrition Hong Kong Donates 3,500 tins of Infant Formulas to warm the Underprivileged Families

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 15 September 2022 – Mead Johnson Nutrition Hong Kong (MJNHK) partnered with several local NGOs to donate 3,500 tins of Enfa A+ NeuroPro, Enfa A2 NeuroPro and Enfamama A+ NeuroPro infant formulas to underprivileged families that hit hard by the pandemic to show MJNHK’s commitment of taking care of the community, so as to provide nurturing children’s best start in life.

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Mead Johnson Nutrition Hong Kong donated infant formulas to local NGOs to help underprivileged families in the pandemic

“During the raging of the epidemic, we continue to care for the community and the healthy growth of our children. Thank you to our NGO partners for connecting with the needy and joining hands with us to bring high-quality nutritional support to underprivileged families promptly, fight the epidemic and overcome difficulties together,” said Mr. Pankaj Agarwal, General Manager, Hong Kong, Taiwan & Cross Border of Mead Johnson Nutrition (Hong Kong) Limited.

Mead Johnson Nutrition Hong Kong donated infant formulas to local NGOs to help underprivileged families in the pandemic
Mead Johnson Nutrition Hong Kong donated infant formulas to local NGOs to help underprivileged families in the pandemic

Since the outbreak of the severe pandemic, MJNHK has quickly contacted several local non-profit organizations to provide immediate high-quality nutritional support to underprivileged families. So far, MJNHK has donated 3,500 tins of infant formulas through St. James’ Settlement FOOD-CO, J Life Foundation, Mission To New Arrivals and Feeding Hong Kong to support more than 1,500 underprivileged families to fight the epidemic together.

Ms. Connie Ng, Senior Manager, Charity Services of St. James’ Settlement said, “We work with like-minded partners to cultivate a culture of save and share and solicit resources for poverty alleviation. We are grateful to have MJNHK as our partner for letting us send food to help more underprivileged families.”

Ms. Elli Fu, CEO of J Life Foundation said, “Thanks to MJNHK ‘s donation to provide food assistance to the underprivileged families members who mainly live in Sham Shui Po and adjacent areas. I hope this makes them feel warmer under the pandemic.”

Mr. Leung YauTung, Chief Executive Officer of Mission To New Arrivals said, “We have been mobilizing the community to act justly with love and connect with various parties to pull together resources to help the needy. We are delighted to be collaborating with MJNHK to help underprivileged families.”

Mr. Billy Yeung, CEO of Feeding Hong Kong said, “The ongoing epidemic has brought enormous economic and psychological pressure to underprivileged families. We are very grateful to have MJNHK as our partner to provide food assistance to the grassroots families and their children over the past few months to meet their immediate needs.”

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About Mead Johnson Nutrition (Hong Kong) Limited

Mead Johnson Nutrition has been established for more than a century. Since its founding in 1905, the renowned infant and child nutrition brand has led the way in developing science-based pediatric nutrition products, guided by the mission to nourish the world’s children for the best start in life. Currently, Mead Johnson Nutrition provides more than 70 products in over 50 countries.

Excellent quality has helped Mead Johnson Nutrition earn the trust of nutritionists and parents. Its dedicated and rigorous approach, continuous innovation, tireless pursuit of excellence, and caring feedback to the community have also helped establish a good brand image.

Mead Johnson Nutrition (Hong Kong) Limited has been in Hong Kong for over half a century. It provides Hong Kong parents with high-quality, science-based products, various parenting information, and professional advice, gaining trust and support from parents.

Mead Johnson Nutrition’s scientists and healthcare professionals are focusing their efforts on the formula for children with different nutritional needs. Mead Johnson Nutrition is one of the very few brands that insists on producing the formula for children with special needs, giving them hope.

For more information, visit

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Bang-Bang.gg NFT Gallery Grand Opening

Bridge built by Hong Kong people to connect digital art collections to real-life culture

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 15 September 2022 – Since the beginning of 2019, the rapid growth of NFT shows a spurt of development trend. For the masses involved, it is not just a flash in the pan, but a long-term transformation process of digital branding. For Hong Kong and even globally, this is the time when we are about to enter a metaverse of digitalization packed with technology. Enterprises that invest in digital arts and metaverse will most definitely benefit the most in future branding and marketing.

NFT has its unique attractiveness to many young ones due to its nature of being a digital certificate of the contract of blockchain technology that tokenizes items such as art pieces, collections, or even real estate.

Bang-bang.gg merges reality and modern technology into one., currently working deeply with multiple projects, Bunny warriors, Kung-fu warriors, Investmansky, Bossy lion, 喱dao, Hertz, co-creating versatile artworks with digital art and modern art combined.

69ceo, the founder of bangbang.gg stated that, since metaverse’s immense debut, it comes as no surprise that NFT has become one of the most talked about topics and the center of attention among young people. The core concept of digital art collection and its immense diversity of IP has caught customers’ eyes, and also the recognition of the values of digital collectibles. With the recognition and respect from the same social group with owned collectibles, while having metaverse’s unique identity, digital collection and IP merges into a brand new market for young people. At the same time, he also mentioned the original intention of establishing a physical art gallery for NFT: “The knowledge of crypto and NFT-related concepts are still relatively outdated in Hong Kong when compared with the other countries. I hope the gallery can provide a place to gather like-minded partners and expand the development of digital art in Hong Kong.

The advent of the metaverse acts as a road bridge between the “global physical line” and the “virtual world”. When we talk about inheriting culture and preserving historical time, it is integrated with the definition of the metaverse. It allows the physical line to permanently transform through intelligence. Guarding culture and art with digital collections is also a distinctive and independent innovation of culture and art.

The gallery located in Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong has newly opened, taking a huge step forward for the next modern technological development in Hong Kong. In the following days, the gallery will continue to deepen itself, striving for opportunities to cooperate with several projects, introducing and engaging the public with more artistic works. It serves as a community in order to provide a platform for art exchanges. It aims to improve and integrate the atmosphere of NFT technology and art in Hong Kong and make technology and art full of life.

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About Bang-bang.gg

“bang-bang.gg NFT Gallery” is a physical NFT gallery in Tsim Sha Tsui District, Hong Kong. It is mainly engaged in the promotion of NFT technology art and local culture.

We are cooperating with various projects to develop multiple digital arts combined with modern products. In addition, bang-bang’s business also includes developing NFTs, organizing receptions, and event planning. In response to partners’ needs, we also provide services for designing and customizing physical products for NFT.

In the near future, the digital art industry chain will construct by bang-bang and insiders in the NFT industry, and we will turn over a new leaf for the web3 industry.

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Camfil encourage organisations to pay attention to the indoor air quality – Introducing the Chief Airgonomics Officer Initiative

STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN – Media OutReach – 15 September 2022 – The Chief Airgonomics Officer initiative (CAO) calls on organisations across the globe to take 100% accountability over the indoor air people breathe. The brand-new initiative prompts organisations to act by appointing Chief Airgonomics Officers (CAOs) who will be The Voice of Clean Air at their workspace. Inspired by the study of ergonomics, the newly coined term Airgonomics refers to the burgeoning discipline that seeks to maximise the benefits of healthy air for the protection of people, processes and the planet.

In light of the recent adoption by the UN General Assembly of a resolution declaring “access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment a universal human right” on 28 July 2022, the CAO initiative seeks to put into practice those actions that need to be taken to ensure that workplaces everywhere ensure access to clean, healthy and sustainable environments through the improvement of indoor air quality (IAQ).

On July 28, the UN General Assembly has adopted a resolution declaring “access to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment a universal human right.” In parallel, the 2021 publication of updated World Health Organization (WHO) Global Air Quality Guidelines concluded that “…the burden of disease attributable to air pollution is now estimated to be on a par with other major global health risks such as unhealthy diet and tobacco smoking, and air pollution is now recognised as the single biggest environmental threat to human health.” The CAO initiative shares the vision of realising universal access to clean, healthy and sustainable environments and is taking its first steps to bring this to life by first tackling indoor air quality (IAQ) at workplaces. The initiative has a long-term vision of forging a global movement to ensure access to clean indoor air everywhere.

Nearly every facet of operating a company has a person in charge – from the HR director who drives the talent strategy to the CEO who provides the overall direction of business operations. Yet, despite the direct impact of air on people’s health, wellbeing and productivity, IAQ continues to be treated as an afterthought.

A 2022 survey carried out by Camfil, initiator of the CAO initiative and leading manufacturer of clean air technologies, confirms this showing that 6 in 10 either do not know who is in charge of IAQ at their workplace or their organisation does not have anyone accountable over this invisible issue. Camfil is leading the way having appointed the world’s first global CAO to ensure all Camfil locations worldwide have clean indoor air.

“With Chief Airgonomics Officers, we will create healthier and happier workplaces by ensuring accountability is taken by qualified individuals with the authority to make real change happen. That’s why I am thrilled that Camfil has its own CAO to ensure that clean indoor air gets the attention it deserves everywhere we operate and also to demonstrate leadership when it comes to creating healthy work environments.

I strongly encourage every organisation to pay attention to the indoor air quality in their premises. By participating in the CAO initiative, your organisation can ensure that the quality of your indoor air is never overlooked again – for the health and wellbeing of your people.” Mark Simmons, CEO of Camfil.

With heightened sensitivities around air since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic alongside the continuous degradation of air quality caused by pollution, there has never been a more urgent time to address IAQ. By appointing a CAO at the workplace, a concrete solution to tackle an invisible problem, employees will be rest assured that their health and wellbeing is being prioritised and knowing who exactly they can talk to when questions or concerns on indoor air arise. A CAO’s mandate goes even further as they will be responsible for improving IAQ in the most sustainable way.

To ensure that CEOs, HR, facilities and operations managers know more about indoor air quality and measures how to improve it, information and support in different forms in this initiative will be provided. A comprehensive training programme will be provided so that CAOs are qualified to take action. This comprehensive CAO Training Programme will comprise of three levels of certification and are targeted at specifically individuals seeking to become their organisation’s certified CAO.

To find out more about indoor air quality and start your clean indoor air journey, visit the Chief Airgonomics Officer website.

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About Camfil – initiator of Chief Airgonomics Officer initiative:

As a leading manufacturer of premium clean air solutions headquartered in Sweden, Camfil provides commercial and industrial systems for air filtration and indoor air quality control that improve worker and equipment productivity, minimise energy use, and benefit human health and the environment. Visit Camfil at for more information.