Klara Helstad, Ulf Edman, Magnus Olsson and Stefan Sandberg are taking up new positions at Södra now that Urban Eriksson, President of Södra Interiör, and Per Braconier, Director of Communications, have decided to leave Södra.

Klara Helstad, Ulf Edman, Magnus Olsson and Stefan Sandberg and are taking up new positions at Södra now that Urban Eriksson, President of Södra Interiör, and Per Braconier, Director of Communications, have decided to leave Södra.

Ulf Edman, currently President of Södra Cell International, will be taking over asPresident of Södra Interiör from Urban Eriksson, who has decided to leave the group in order to start up a consultancy. Urban will be staying with the group until the end of June so as to hand over his responsibilities to his successor. Ulf Edman is 55 years old and has worked for Södra since 1997, when he was employed as the Director of Marketing for Södra Cell. Prior to this, Ulf Edman was the CEO of MoDo Paper Ltd in the UK.

The new President of Södra Cell International will be Magnus Olsson, currently the Plant Manager at Södra Cell Mörrum. Magnus is 48 years old and joined Södra in 2006 after working as the CEO of Stora Enso Nymölla. 

The new Plant Manager for Södra Cell Mörrum will be Stefan Sandberg, 46, who is currently Head of HR at Södra Timber. Stefan was formerly Head of HR and Head of Purchasing at Södra Cell Värö. He joined Södra in 2003. 

Our present Director of Communications, Per Braconier, will be leaving Södra in order to take up a new position as Director of Communications for the Swedish Forest Industries Federation. Per has worked for Södra since 2005, joining us from Dagens Industri. Klara Helstad, who was recently appointed as the Sustainability Director, will be taking over from Per and operating as our Director for sustainability and communication. Klara Helstad is 34 years old and a Doctor of Forestry. Prior to taking on this position, she worked as the Environmental and Quality manager at Södra Skog.

All these changes will be implemented on 15 May.

"We thank all five of these staff members for their efforts and wish them every success in their new jobs," says Leif Brodén, CEO at Södra.