Group Management

Rickard Gustafson

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Rickard Gustafson

President and CEO

Born 1964

Master of science from the Institute of Technology at Linköping University.

Employed since 2021.

Previous positions - President and CEO of the SAS Group. CEO of the insurance company Codan/Trygg Hansa and several positions within General Electric.

Board member - Telia Company and The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise.

Manish Bhatnagar

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Manish Bhatnagar

President, Industrial Region Americas

Born 1969

Employed since 2018

MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta, and B.E. in Electronics Engineering from Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani, India

Previous positions - President, Industrial Region India and Southeast Asia and senior roles at General Electric and Danaher

Board member - SKF India Ltd.

 

David Johansson

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David Johansson

President, Industrial Region Europe Middle East and Africa

Born 1980

Master in Science; Industrial Marketing, Electrical Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg.

Employed since 2005.

Previous positions - President, Automotive, Director, Global Railway and China Mobility business, Director, China Automotive, Aerospace and Railway business and several other positions within SKF.

Henry Wang

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Henry Wang

President Industrial Region China and Northeast Asia

Born 1968

Master of Business Administration from the University of Calgary and a Bachelor of Engineering from Shanghai Jiaotong University.

Employed since 2022 and 1997-2019.

Previous positions - President of Alstom’s operations in China, CEO of KUKA in China, Head of SKF Industrial Sales in China as well as several other positions within SKF.
 

Mukund Vasudevan

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Mukund Vasudevan

President Industrial Region India and Southeast Asia

Born 1969

MBA from University of Chicago, Booth School of Business; Bachelor of Technology from Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai. 

Employed since April 2024.

Previous positions – Managing Director, Moglix (eCommerce startup); Managing Director, Ecolab-South Asia; Vice President, Pentair-India; Engagement Manager, McKinsey & Company.
 

Kerstin Enochsson

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Kerstin Enochsson

President, Automotive

Born 1975

Masters Degree in Law from Freie Univeristät, Berlin and MBA from ESCP-EAP European School of Management, Paris. 

Employed since 2023.

Previous positions – Head of Procurement and Supply Chain, Vice President Corporate Strategy & Project Office both at Volvo Car Group. Global Director Parts at Volvo Construction Equipment and several other senior positions. 

Thomas Fröst

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Thomas Fröst

President, Independent and Emerging Business

Born 1962

Employed since 1988.

Degree in Industrial Economics from Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg.

Previous positions - President, Industrial Technologies, Director Industrial Units, Head of Industrial Marketing, and several other positions within SKF.

Joakim Landholm

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Joakim Landholm

Senior Vice President Group Operations & Chief Sustainability Officer

Born 1969

MSc Stockholm School of Economics

Employed since 2022

Previous positions - CEO Hector Rail, Chief Commercial Officer SAS and senior positions at Codan/Trygg Hansa and GE Capital
 

Annika Ölme

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Annika Ölme

Chief Technology Officer and Senior Vice President, Technology Development

Born 1973

Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology and a Master of Business Administration from Waikato University.

Employed since October 2022 and 2002 - 2017.

Previous positions - CTO and Head of Engineering at SAAB Radar Solutions, Managing Director of Arcam, a subsidiary of General Electric and several various positions within SKF. 

Hans Landin 

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Hans Landin 

Senior Vice President, Group Commercial Excellence Bearings

Born 1972

Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg.

Employed since 2023.

Previous positions – Group Vice President and Officer and several other senior positions at the Timken Company.

Board member – Beijer Alma AB.

Niclas Rosenlew

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Niclas Rosenlew

Chief Financial Officer och Senior Vice President, Group Finance

 

Born 1972

Master of Science in Finance, Hanken, Swedish School of Economics.

Employed since June 2019

Previous positions - Senior positions within Basware, Microsoft, Nokia and Deutsche Bank.

Mathias Lyon

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Mathias Lyon

General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Group Legal and Compliance

 

Born 1975

Employed since 2012

Master of Laws, Faculty of Law at Lund University

Previous positions - SKF Deputy General Counsel and several other positions at Volvo, AstraZeneca,
Mannheimer Swartling and Rosengrens.
 

Ann-Sofie Zaks

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Ann-Sofie Zaks

Senior Vice President, Group People Experience and Communication

Born 1976

Employed since 2001.

Bachelor degree, Innovation Program with special focus on Behavioural Science from University college of Mälardalen.

Previous positions within SKF - HR Director Bearing Operations, Program manager, Group People Transformation initiative and several other positions.