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, Ged Carabini, Supply Chain Solutions (Kammac), 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.
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.
Ged Carabini
Supply Chain Solutions (Kammac), President.
b. 1969.
Employed since 2023. Chief Operations Officer of Kammac before its acquisition by the Elanders Group, and prior to that has served in multiple senior roles across operations, commercial, and business development for several different companies. More than 34 years of experience within the logistics industry.
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.