MIAMI – SAS (SK) President and CEO Rickard Gustafson has decided to step down from his position on July 1, 2021 after 10 years at the helm of the airline.
The Board of Directors of SAS AB appointed Rickard Gustafson as the new President and CEO of the company in mid 2010. Rickard Gustafson was 46 years old at the time and was the CEO of of the insurance company Codan/Trygg-Hansa. He was “to continue the implementation of the Core SAS strategy and ensure profitable growth,” says Fritz Schur, Chairman of the Board of SAS.
Gustafson came from the insurance and financial sectors. He is a Graduate Engineer, with a focus on industrial economy, from the Institute of Technology at Linköping University. After 10 year leading at SAS, he will now become CEO of Swedish ball-bearing maker SKF AB.