Per Strömberg, CEO of ICA Gruppen, comments: “We were looking for someone with experience of both the retail sector and working in a listed company. Sven has experience from both these areas and he has a personality which makes him a perfect fit at ICA.”

Sven Lindskog is 50 and was most recently at Höganäs AB as CFO. Previously Sven has been CFO of Sardus AB and has worked in several different roles within Unilever in Sweden and abroad, including Finance Director of Unilever Nordic. Sven has a B.Sc. (Econ.) from Lund University.

“ICA is an extremely exciting and entrepreneurial company which I have followed closely for much of my career. After six highly interesting years in the international steel industry, I am now very much looking forward to returning to retail and I am really happy to have this opportunity to work with one of the strongest brands in the market,” says Sven Lindskog.

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