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Group Management

Jonas Samuelson

President and Chief Executive Officer

Born 1968. Sweden.
M. Sc. in Business Administration and Economics.
In Group Management since 2008.

Previous positions

Business development and finance positions within General Motors in USA, 1996–1999. Treasurer and Director of Commercial Finance and Business Support in Saab Automobile AB, 1999–2001. Senior management positions within controlling and finance in General Motors North America, 2001–2005. Chief Financial Officer of Munters AB, 2005–2008. Chief Financial Officer of AB Electrolux, 2008–2011 as well as Chief Operations Officer and Head of Global Operations Major Appliances during 2011. Head of Major Appliances Europe, Middle East and Africa and Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux, 2011-2016. President and CEO of AB Electrolux, 2016.

Board membership

Board Member of Polygon AB.

Shareholdings in AB Electrolux

14,460 B-shares.

Daniel Arler

Head of Major Appliances Europe, Middle East and Africa, Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux.

Born 1969. The Netherlands.
B.Sc. in Marketing.
In Group Management since 2016.

Previous positions

Management positions at Whirlpool Corporation in Europe, 1993-1999. Management positions at Stanley Works Europe, 1999-2002. European Brand & Marketing Director at Electrolux, 2002-2004. Head of Asia Pacific Laundry Product Line 2004-2006. General Manager Electrolux Japan 2006-2008. Management positions in Electrolux Major Appliances EMEA, including SVP Product Line Kitchen, 2009-2016. Head of Major Appliances EMEA and Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux, 2016. 

Board membership

-

Shareholdings in AB Electrolux

6,903 B-shares.

 

Henrik Bergström

Head of Small ­Appliances, Executive Vice President

Born 1972. Sweden.
M. Sc. in Business Administration and ­Economics. 
In Group Management since 2010.

Previous positions

Business Development and General Management positions within Electrolux Major Appliances Latin America, 1997– 2002. Managing Director of Electrolux in Latin America and Caribbean, 2002– 2008. Vice President and General Manager of three business areas in Electrolux Major Appliances North America, 2008–2010. Head of Electrolux Asia Sourcing Operations, 2009–2010. Head of Small Appliances and Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux, 2010.

Board membership

-

Shareholdings in AB Electrolux

10,939 B shares.

 

Jan Brockmann

Chief Technology ­Officer, Senior Vice President

Born 1966. Germany.
M. Sc. in Mechanical Engineering, M.B.A. 
In Group Management since 2011.

Previous positions

Management positions within Valeo Group, 1994–1999. Project Manager in Roland Berger Strategy Consultants GmbH, 2000–2001. Senior management positions within Volkswagen Group, 2001–2010. Head of R&D, Electrolux Major Appliances, 2010. Group Chief Technology Officer, 2011. Since 2015 Chief Operations Officer, heading R&D, purchasing, manufacturing, design, quality and other areas

Board membership

-

Shareholdings in AB Electrolux

0 shares.

 

Tomas Eliasson

Chief Financial Officer

Born 1962. Sweden.
B. Sc. in Business Administration and ­Economics.
In Group Management since 2012.

Previous positions

Management positions within ABB Group, 1987–2002. Chief Financial Officer of Seco Tools AB, 2002–2006. Chief Financial Officer of ASSA ABLOY AB, 2006–2012. Chief Financial Officer of AB Electrolux, 2012.

Board membership

Board member of ­Millicom International Cellular S.A.

Shareholdings in AB Electrolux

8,116 B shares.

 

Ruy Hirschheimer

Head of Major ­Appliances Latin ­America, Executive Vice President

Born 1948. Brazil.
M.B.A. and Doctoral ­Program in Business Administration. 
In Group Management since 2008.

Previous positions

Executive Vice President of Alcoa Aluminum in Brazil, 1983–1986. President and CEO of J.I. Case Brazil, 1990–1994. President and CEO of Bunge Foods, 1994–1997. Senior Vice President of Bunge International Ltd. in USA, 1997–1998. Head of Electrolux Brazilian Major Appliances operations, 1998. Head of Electrolux Major Appliances Latin America, 2002. Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux, 2008.

Board membership

-

Shareholdings in AB Electrolux

33,623 B shares.

 

 

MaryKay Kopf

Chief Marketing Officer, Senior Vice President

Born 1965. USA.
B.Sc. Finance, M.B.A. 
In Group Management since 2011.

Previous positions

Senior management positions within DuPont in North America, Europe, Middle East and Africa, and globally, 1991–2003. Vice President Brand Marketing, Electrolux Major Appliances North America, 2003. Group Chief Marketing Officer, 2011.

Board membership

Board member of World Kitchen, LLC.

Shareholdings in AB Electrolux

20,984 B shares.

 

 

Kenneth L. Ng

Head of Major Appliances Asia/Pacific, Executive Vice President

Born 1962. USA.
MBA and B.S.in Marketing.
In Group Management since 2015.

Previous positions

Senior management positions in Philips Electronics in China and Australia/New Zealand, 1999-2004. China CEO of Decorative Paints, within Imperial Chemicals Industries, 2004-2008. President of American Standard Asia Pacific (Lixil Corp subsidiary) 2008-2012, CEO and President of Lixil Corp in Greater China, 2013-2015. Head of Electrolux Major Appliances Asia/Pacific and Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux, 2015.

Board membership

-

Shareholdings in AB Electrolux
0 shares.

 

Alan Shaw

Head of Major Appliances North America, Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux.

Born 1963. USA.
B.S. in Economics and Political science, M.B.A. in Marketing.
In Group Management since 2016.

Previous positions

Product management positions at Whirlpool Corporation, 1987-1991. Marketing Director at Whirlpool JV, Consul, in Brazil, 1991-1994. Various senior management positions in Asia-Pacific and North America at Whirlpool, 1994-2003. President and Chief Executive Officer at Murray Group, 2003-2005. President and Chief Executive Officer at Char-Broil LLC, 2005-2013. Executive Vice President at Husqvarna AB, 2013-2015. Head of Major Appliances North America and Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux, 2016.

Board membership

-

Shareholdings in AB Electrolux

0 shares. 

 

Cecilia Vieweg

General Counsel, Senior Vice President

Born 1955. Sweden.
M. of Law. 
In Group Management since 1999.

Previous positions

Attorney of Berglund & Co Advokatbyrå, 1987–1990. Corporate Legal Counsel of AB Volvo, 1990–1992. General Counsel of Volvo Car Corporation, 1992–1997. Attorney and partner of Wahlin Advokatbyrå, 1998. Senior Vice President and General Counsel of AB Electrolux, 1999, with the responsibility for legal, intellectual property, risk management and security matters.

Board membership

Board member of Lundin Petroleum AB and The Association of Swedish Engineering Industries and member of the Swedish Securities Council.

Shareholdings in AB Electrolux

23,897 B shares.

 

Lars Worsøe-­Petersen

Head of Human Resources and Organizational Development, Senior Vice President

Born 1958. Denmark.
M.Econ. 
In Group ­Management since 2011.

Previous positions

Head of Human Resources Electrolux
in Denmark, 1994. Vice President Human Resources within Electrolux Major Appliances Europe, 1999–2000. Head of Electrolux Holding A/S in Denmark, 2000–2002. Head of Human Resources for Electrolux Major Appliances North America, 2002–2005. Head of Group Staff Human Resources at Husqvarna AB, 2005–2011. Rejoined Electrolux as Head of Group Staff Human Resources and Organizational Development, 2011.

Board membership

-

Shareholdings in AB Electrolux

11,428 B shares.

 

Alberto Zanata

Head of Professional Products, Executive Vice President

Born 1960. Italy.
University degree in Electrical Engineering with Business Administration. 
In Group ­Management since 2009.

Previous positions

Senior management positions in Electrolux Professional Products within factory management, marketing, product management and business development, 1989–2002. Head of Professional Products in North America, 2003–2008. Head of Professional Products and Executive Vice President of AB Electrolux, 2009.

Board membership

-

Shareholdings in AB Electrolux

23,548 B shares.