Group Executive Committee

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.

EVP and Head of Group Communications

MBA, Linköping University

Born 1970
Nationality: Swedish

Member of the Group Executive Committee since 2025.
Employed at SSAB since 2025.

Previously: Partner and communications advisor at global communications consultancy Kekst CNC.
Several management positions within telecom company Ericsson.

EVP, CTO and Head of Transformation Office

Ph.D, Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University

Born 1972
Nationality: Swedish

Member of the Group Executive Committee since 2025.
Employed at SSAB since 2003.

Previously: Head of Transformation Office
Several management positions within SSAB.

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.

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 and CEO
EVP Chief Financial Officer
EVP Head of SSAB Special Steels
EVP Head of SSAB Europe
EVP Head of SSAB Americas
EVP Organization and Culture
EVP Communications
EVP CTO and Head of the Transformation Office
EVP Strategy and Digitalization

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.