Stockholm, Sweden-based developer and contractor Skanska has employed a brand new chief monetary officer and government vp, the corporate introduced Thursday.
Jonas Rickberg will take over as CFO no later than Jan. 31, in keeping with a launch. Rickberg is at the moment the CFO and government vp at Scania Group, a Södertälje, Sweden-based heavy industrial car subsidiary of German automaker Volkswagen, the place he has labored for practically 20 years. Previous to that, Rickberg had spent 5 years at Volvo.
He additionally holds a bachelor’s diploma in medical science from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and a grasp of enterprise administration from the Faculty of Economics in Gothenburg, Sweden.
“I’m actually wanting ahead to hitch[ing] Skanska at such an thrilling time within the firm’s journey. Collectively, we’ll leverage the strong monetary basis, obtain long-term development and maintain pushing the boundaries of innovation and sustainability within the business,” stated Rickberg within the launch.
Rickberg will exchange present CFO Magnus Persson, who introduced in April that he can be stepping down, however has remained on as the corporate sought his substitute. Persson has labored at Skanska for 18 years, and served as firm CFO since 2018.
Persson is leaving to hitch Evroc, a Stockholm-based know-how and knowledge firm constructing what it claims will likely be Europe’s first safe, sovereign and sustainable hyperscale cloud.
Earlier than Rickberg steps into the position, Pontus Winqvist, senior vp group company finance and management, will act as CFO starting Sept. 1, in keeping with the discharge.
