Billerud CEO Per Lindberg new YKI chairman
The annual general meeting of YKI has elected Per Lindberg, President and CEO Billerud, to be the new chairman of the board of YKI."It will be fun to participate in and work with the YKI team to carry out a transformation to achieve increased customer orientation and customer-focused service offerings. YKI has a strong position and outstanding expertise in interesting future-oriented areas. The conditions are ideal to further strengthen our operation," says Per Lindberg. Per Lindberg is 51 years old and holds a PhD. He has a solid industrial background, including serving as CEO of Korsnas AB and Senior Executive Vice President at Investment AB Kinnevik. He is also a board member of VinIn AB and Middlepoint AB.
"We are pleased to bring on board a chairman with a strong position in an industry that is important for YKI and SP," says Maria Khorsand CEO SP and President of the SP Group.
"I am looking forward to collaborating with Per Lindberg. His experience from developing Billerud's business model will be valuable as we develop YKI to being the preferred partner in applied surface chemistry on a global market," says Peter Alberius, President YKI. "I would also like to thank retiring chairman Ulf Frölander for his great contribution to the institute chairing the board of the industrial association for ten years and subsequently being chairman of the YKI board for the past ten years."
Photo of Per Lindberg by photographer Bo Backström from Billerud's public image bank.
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