Mats Jansson (born 1951, in

Kolsva Kolsva () is a locality situated in Köping Municipality, Västmanland County, Sweden Sweden, formally the Kingdom of Sweden,The United Nations Group of Experts on Geographical Names states that the country's formal name is the Kingdom o ...

, Sweden) is a Swedish businessperson. He was

Chief Executive Officer A chief executive officer (CEO), also known as a central executive officer (CEO), chief administrator officer (CAO) or just chief executive (CE), is one of a number of corporate executives charged with the management of an organization especial ...

of SAS Group from 2007 to 2010.''SAS-chefen Mats Jansson slutar''
Svenska Dagbladet 2010-08-10

Biography

Jansson was educated in

economics Economics () is the social science that studies the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...

and

sociology Sociology is a social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life. It uses various methods of empirical investigation an ...

at the

Örebro University Örebro University ( sv, Örebro universitet) is a state university in Örebro, Sweden. The university has its roots in the Örebro campus of Uppsala University, which became an independent state university college in 1977, Örebro University Col ...

, before he started a career in ICA, where he held a range of senior positions from 1973 to 1994. He then worked as CEO of until 1999 when he was hired as CEO of

Fazer Group Fazer () is one of the largest corporations in the Finnish food industry. The company was founded by Karl Fazer in 1891, as a "French-Russian confectionery" in central Helsinki. Today, it employs over ten thousand people across Finland, Sweden, R ...

. In 2000 he became CEO of Axfood and in 2005 Chairman of the company while changing to CEO of

Axel Johnson The Axel Johnson Group is a Swedish family-owned company run by the fourth and fifth generation of family owners. It traces its origins to the trading company A. Johnson & Co, founded in 1873. The group consists of four legally and financially in ...

. He was hired as CEO of SAS Group in 2007. Jansson is married and has three children, and lives in Switzerland.

References

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