Södra, Sweden, has named Lars Idermark group president and CEO. Idermark is currently the CEO of PostNord in Sweden. Because Idermark has a six-month notice period in his current position, it has not yet been determined exactly when he will be able to take up his new position at Södra. Gunilla Saltin will continue in her position as acting group president and CEO until then.
"Lars Idermark is a person with outstanding experience of various elements of trade and industry, and he has a good insight into the cooperative form of business. He has many years of experience in senior positions, and he is well equipped to lead Södra," said Christer Segerstéen, chairman of the Södra Board.
In addition to president and CEO of PostNord, Idermark is currently chairman of Swedbank and a board member of the Chalmers University of Technology Foundation. He has previously held positions as group president and CEO of Kooperativa Förbundet/Coop, president of the Second Swedish National Pension Fund, acting group president of the Capio healthcare group, and deputy CEO and acting CEO of Föreningssparbanken (Swedbank), and before that Föreningsbanken.
Idermark is very familiar with Södra, having served on the Södra Board of Directors from 1999 to 2009. His experience of agricultural cooperative operations also goes back a long way. In addition to his duties at Södra, he was also the CEO of LRF Holding.
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