Group Management
The President and Chief Executive Officer lead the work performed by Group Management and make decisions in consultation with members of Group Management.
Group Management is responsible for day-to-day financial and commercial management and follow-up in the Group. It also strives to continually achieve synergies, identify acquisition and structural opportunities as well as adapt Group operations to market demands and short and long-term developments. Group Management makes sure that the competence and capacity of the Group is coordinated and adjusted to be as useful and profitable as possible in the short and long term.
Elanders’ Group Management consists of Magnus Nilsson, President and CEO, Åsa Vilsson, CFO, Sven Burkhard, Print & Packaging Solutions, President, Tim Bloch, Supply Chain Solutions (Kammac & Bishopsgate), President, Charles Ickes, Supply Chain Solutions (Bergen Logistics), President, Lim Kok Khoon, Supply Chain Solutions (Mentor Media), President, as well as Bernd Schwenger, Supply Chain Solutions (LGI), President.
Group Management meets formally almost once a month, often in conjunction with a visit to a unit within the Group.
Magnus Nilsson
President and CEO.
b. 1966.
Employed since 1999. Education in Graphic Technology, Design, Business Administration and Marketing. Active within the graphic industry since 1987. Head of production Elanders in Hungary 2002. MD Elanders Berlings Skogs 2003–2005 and Elanders in China 2005–2009.
Shareholding: 107,577 Class B shares.
The Chief Executive Officer is the President of the Group, a member of the Board and leads the Group’s operations. The Chief Executive Officer’s work is steered by the Companies Act, other laws and regulations, current laws for listed companies including the Code, the articles of association and the framework established by the Board in, among other things, the CEO instruction. The Chief Executive Officer is authorized to sign for the company in daily management in accordance with the Companies Act as well as sign for all Group subsidiaries. The Chief Executive Officer is responsible for providing the Board with continual reports on Group results and financial position as well as the information the Board needs to make qualified decisions. The Chief Executive Officer also keeps the Chairman of the Board apprised of developments in operations. All the managing directors in the Group’s subsidiaries receive written instructions. These instructions contain a division of responsibility between the Board and the managing director and guidelines the managing director must observe in the running of operations.
Åsa Vilsson
CFO.
b. 1982.
Employed since 2014. Master of Science in Business Administration. Auditor during 2007-2013. Authorized Public Accountant 2011.
Shareholding: 500 Class B shares.
Sven Burkhard
Print & Packaging Solutions, President.
b. 1985.
Employed since 2017 and prior to that was employed at, among other places, the German company Flyeralarm. Education in Graphic Technology, Design and Business Administration. More than 15 years’ experience in printing technologies, E-commerce, Product Management and Business Development.
Shareholding: 6,000 Class B shares.
Tim Bloch
Supply Chain Solutions (Kammac & Bishopsgate), President.
b. 1964.
Employed since 2024. CEO of Bishopsgate Newco Ltd, a company within the Elanders Group, and has a long and solid experience in contract and third-party logistics. Has led the team at Bishopsgate since 2007, through 18 years of solid growth and development.
Shareholding: None.
Charles Ickes
Supply Chain Solutions (Bergen Logistics), President.
b. 1969.
Employed since 2021. Has been with the company for the last five years, mainly working as the Chief Operations Officer in North America. Previously Chief Logistics Officer for Rent the Runway in the USA.
Shareholding: None.
Kok Khoon Lim
Supply Chain Solutions (Mentor Media), President.
b. 1955.
Employed since 2014. Bachelor’s degree in Electrical & Electronics Engineering and Master of Science (Industrial Engineering). More than 30 years of experience in world-class multinational corporations and positions such as General Manager for Hewlett Packard’s Handheld Mobile Products Division, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for Philips Consumer Electronics Home Entertainment Business Group and Managing Directors for Technology Solutions Business and Innovation Centre’s at Wearnes Group. Joined Elanders in connection with the acquisition of Mentor Media in 2014, where he was CEO.
Shareholding: None.
Bernd Schwenger
Supply Chain Solutions (LGI), President.
b. 1972.
Employed since 2018. Diploma in Transport Economics and Logistics. Almost 20 years of experience within supply chain management and transportation logistics, including 11 years as Manager at HP and 7 years as Director Transportation and Managing Director at Amazon Logistics in Germany.
Shareholding: None.