Rickard Gustafson is new President and CEO of SAS

Torsdag 16. september 2010 kl: 20:37

Af: Jesper Christensen

The Board of Directors of SAS AB has appointed Rickard Gustafson as the new President and CEO of SAS. Rickard Gustafson is 46 years old and currently the CEO of Codan/Trygg-Hansa

- Rickard Gustafson is an experienced leader, with extensive international experience, who has demonstrated that he can generate good results. As the current CEO of Codan/Trygg-Hansa, he has Nordic responsibility, and also has broad experience of strategy development, marketing and process optimization from both Codan/Trygg-Hansa and GE Capital. The entire Board agrees that Rickard Gustafson is the right person to take on the challenges in SAS, and to continue the implementation of the Core SAS strategy and ensure profitable growth, says Fritz Schur, Chairman of the Board of SAS.
The Board of Directors of SAS AB has appointed Rickard Gustafson as the new President and CEO of SAS.   

Rickard Gustafson is 46 years old and from the insurance and financial sectors and joins SAS from a position as CEO of the insurance company Codan/Trygg Hansa. He is a Graduate Engineer, with a focus on industrial economy, from the Institute of Technology at Linköping University. He is married and has two children.   
- SAS is a special and unique Scandinavian company. A great deal has been accomplished in recent years to create a platform for the future. I look forward to developing the company further, together with all employees at SAS, says Rickard Gustafson.

  The current President and CEO, Mats Jansson, will leave his position on October 1, 2010. Rickard Gustafson will assume his position at SAS not later than March 2011. Until then, the Deputy CEO, John Dueholm, will be acting President and CEO.