Group Management
Rickard Gustafson
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.