Eva Pettersson new Divisional Director at Axfood Närlivs
Eva Pettersson has been named as new Divisional Director at Axfood Närlivs. Eva joined Axfood in 2004 and has a breadth of experience in wholesaling in the food retail industry. In recent years she has served as head of business development at Dagab with responsibility for implementation of Axfood’s new business system for supply chain, among other things.
The divisional director’s duties will be to continue developing the three business areas Axfood Närlivs Retailing, Axfood Snabbgross, and Nationwide customers and business-to-business e-commerce. Axfood Närlivs experienced strong development during the past year. Among other achievements, key agreements were extended with OKQ8, Statoil and Preem, and Axfood Snabbgross grew its market share in the restaurants and foodservice market.
Eva Pettersson will assume her position on 5 May and will be a member of Axfood’s Executive Committee.
For further information, please contact:
Anders Strålman, President and CEO, Axfood, +46-70-293 16 93
Anne Rhenman-Eklund, Head of Corporate Communications, Axfood, +46-70-280 64 59
Axfood AB bedriver handel med dagligvaror inom detalj- och partihandeln i Sverige. Detaljhandeln drivs genom de egenägda kedjorna Willys och Hemköp. Antalet butiker uppgår till 252. Därutöver samverkar Axfood med ett stort antal handlarägda butiker knutna till Axfood genom avtal, bland annat inom Hemköpskedjan och Willys men också under varumärken som Handlar’n och Tempo. Totalt samverkar Axfood med cirka 820 handlarägda butiker. Partihandeln drivs genom Dagab och Axfood Närlivs. Axfood är noterat på Nasdaq OMX Stockholm ABs Large Cap-lista. Huvudägare är Axel Johnson AB med 50,1 procent av aktierna.
