Staffan Pehrson has been named the new Bufab President and CEO, with effect 1 February 2022.
Pehrson will leave his role as President and CEO of Nefab Group AB to take on the role. Current President and CEO Jörgen Rosengren will be at the company’s disposal until the end of September 2021 and Johan Lindqvist, segment manager for Segment North, steps in as acting President and CEO from 1 September 2021 until 1 February 2022.
The Board made the announcement days after it was revealed Bufab had broken its quarterly record for sales and operating profit.
“The Board of Bufab is very glad to present Staffan Pehrson as new President and CEO," saidBengt Liljedahl, Chairman of the Board of Bufab "Staffan’s long and solid experience from leading positions, primarily at Nefab Group and the Ericsson Group, in combination with his personal qualities, his proven leadership abilities as well as his technical knowledge and strong business sense fits well with the future needs of Bufab. We are looking forward to developing the Group together with Staffan.”
Staffan Pehrson, born in 1968, has, among other things, an MSc in Engineering Physics from Uppsala University, a Master´s Degree from Case Western Reserve University in the U.S. and an Executive MBA from Stockholm School of Economics. Prior to joining Nefab Group in 2016, he worked for over twenty years within the Ericsson Group where he held a number of leading positions around the world. Pehrson is currently a Board member of Lindab AB.
Pehrson said: “I feel incredibly honoured and happy to be given the confidence as President and CEO of Bufab. Bufab is a company with great potential and a strong innovation capacity. I have followed Bufab's fantastic development since the IPO in 2014 and look forward to further developing Bufab together with the Group management and all employees in the future.”
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