Mats Jansson new President and CEO of SAS.STOCKHOLM, Sweden -- The Board of Directors of SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. AB (STO:SAS) today appointed Mats Jansson new President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of SAS. He is 54 and was most recently President and CEO of Axel Johnson AB
Axel Johnson AB is a Swedish food importer and retailer, and part of the Axel Johnson Group, with a history going back to 1873. with sales of some SEK SEK In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Swedish Krona. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. 43 billion and 14,000 employees in 25 countries (2005). The Johnson Group works in areas ranging from distribution of consumer products to industrial production. "Mats Jansson is a respected leader who for twelve years has been President and CEO of a large number of major companies with Nordic and international operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. , including Catena/Bilia, Fazer and Axfood," says Egil Myklebust, Chairman of the SAS Board of Directors. "Mats Jansson is a leader with documented skills and experience of both the consumer and business-to-business sectors. He is accustomed to working in sectors characterized by major changes. He is an energetic, motivated, secure and open person. The Board is unanimous in its view that he is the right leader to continue developing SAS," continues Egil Myklebust. "SAS is a brand with positive connotations, and SAS has a large customer base and skilled employees," says Mats Jansson. "Both the airline industry and SAS still need to undergo changes. In the increasingly tough competition, SAS and its flight operations have strong growth potential." Mats Jansson will begin his employment with SAS 1st January 2007. Press conference To be held today at 3:30 p.m. in the auditorium at the SAS head offices, FrEsundaviks Alle 1, Stockholm. Picture of the Chairman and the new President: http://www.sasgroup.net/SASGroup_Facts/ImageGallery /Jansson_Mykle bust. jpg (There should be an underbar between "SASGroup" and "Facts" in this URL URL in full Uniform Resource Locator Address of a resource on the Internet. The resource can be any type of file stored on a server, such as a Web page, a text file, a graphics file, or an application program. ) (Due to the length of this URL, it may be necessary to copy and paste To copy files from one location to another or to copy text and images from one document to another. All modern operating systems and applications have a copy and paste capability that is typically selected from an Edit menu. See cut and paste and Win Copy between windows. this hyperlink into your Internet browser's URL address field.) Pictures of the new President: http://www.sasgroup.net/SASGroup_Facts/ImageGallery/M_Jansson2.jpg http://www.sasgroup.net/SASGroup_Facts/ImageGallery/M_Jansson3.jpg http://www.sasgroup.net/SASGroup_Facts/ImageGallery/M_Jansson4.jpg http://www.sasgroup.net/SASGroup_Facts/ImageGallery/M_Jansson.jpg This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net |
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