Group Executive Committee

President & CEO

BSc (Economics), Uppsala University

Born 1962
Nationality: Swedish

Member of the Group Executive Committee since 2001.
Employed at SSAB since 1998.

Previously: Head of business area: SSAB EMEA, 
Head of business area: SSAB Strip Products,
CFO: SSAB AB, CFO: SSAB Strip and Chief Controller: NCC.

Shareholding (SSAB): 11,709 A shares, 21,023 B shares

EVP & Head of SSAB Americas

BSc (Business Administration/Finance)
The University of Texas at Arlington, two-year steel fellowship at the American Iron and Steel Institute.

Born 1959
Nationality: American

Member of the Group Executive Committee since 2011.
Employed at SSAB/IPSCO since 1990.

Previously: Several positions: US Steel Corporation and VP of the Southern Business Unit: SSAB Americas.

Shareholding (SSAB): 0 shares

Executive Vice President, Legal and General Counsel

Master of Laws (Lund University, Sweden; Univ. of Amsterdam, Netherlands and Fordham, USA)

Born 1967
Nationality: Swedish and American

Member of the Group Executive Committee since 2023.
Employed at SSAB since 2023.

Previously: General Counsel positions with Veoneer, Autoliv and Transocean. Private practice at Skadden, Arps, a New York lawfirm.

Shareholding (SSAB): 10,000 A-shares

Executive Vice President and Head of Sustainability, Ethics & Compliance and Health & Safety

LLM, Uppsala University

Born 1969
Nationality: Swedish

Member of the Group Executive Committee since 2018.
Employed at SSAB since 2018.

Previously: Head of Sustainable Business at Sandvik, founder and partner at Ethos International and various positions at Sida, UNHCR and OSCE.

Shareholding (SSAB): 10,010 B shares

Executive Vice President and CTO

PhD, The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm

Born 1963
Nationality: Swedish

Member of the Group Executive Committee since 2007.
Employed at SSAB since 2001.

Previously: EVP, Head of business area: SSAB APAC; EVP & Head of Technical Development: SSAB;
General Manager Slab Production: SSAB Plate Division; Manager R&D Primary Products: SSAB Plate Division

Shareholding (SSAB): 1,000 A shares, 9,000 B shares

Executive Vice President and Head of Strategy and Digitalization

MBA, INSEAD, France and MSc in Industrial Engineering & Management, Linköping University

Born 1973
Nationality: Swedish

Member of the Group Executive Committee since 2018.
Employed at SSAB since 2011.

Previously: Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company, product manager at SAP and consultant at IBM.

Shareholding (SSAB): 4,000 B shares

The Group Executive Committee is responsible for formulating and implementing the Group’s overall strategies and addresses matters such as acquisitions and divestments. These matters, as well as major capital expenditures (in excess of SEK 100 million), are prepared by the Group Executive Committee for decision by the Board of Directors of the parent company.

The President is responsible for the day-to-day management of the Company in accordance with the Board of Directors’ instructions and guidelines. The Group Executive Committee consists of:

President & CEO

Executive Vice President & Head of SSAB Europe
Executive Vice President & Head of SSAB Americas
Executive Vice President & Head of SSAB Special Steels
Executive Vice President and Head of Legal, M&A and Procurement
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
Executive Vice President and Head of People, Culture and Communication
Executive Vice President and Head of Research and Innovation
Executive Vice President and Head of Strategy and Digitalization
Executive Vice President and Chief Technical Officer
Executive Vice President and Head of Sustainability , Ethics & Compliance and Health & Safety

The Group Executive Committee holds monthly meetings in order to discuss the results and financial position of the Group as well as divisions/subsidiaries. Other issues addressed at Group Executive Committee meetings include strategic issues and follow-up on budget and forecasts.

The head of each division and subsidiary is responsible for the respective income statement and balance sheet. Overall operational control of the divisions takes place through quarterly performance reviews and, in Ruukki Construction and Tibnor, through each Board of Directors. The President of the parent company is the Chairman of the Board of each of the directly-owned major subsidiaries and these boards also include other members from the Group Executive Committee as well as employee representatives. The Boards of the subsidiaries monitor the ongoing operations and determine strategies and budgets.