Åsa Portnoff Sundström appointed Clas Ohlson’s Head of Sustainability
Åsa Portnoff Sundström has been appointed Head of Sustainability at Clas Ohlson. Åsa Portnoff Sundström has long-standing experience of working with sustainability issues and most recently served as the Head of Sustainability at Dometic Holding AB. Prior to that, she worked at Colgate-Palmolive and Electrolux in various positions with responsibility for sustainability and environmental issues.
“Sustainability is an area that has been assigned high priority throughout Clas Ohlson’s operations and our level of ambition is high. We will further strengthen our engagement with Åsa joining our team,” says Karin Svenske Nyberg, Director of HR at Clas Ohlson.
“I am delighted to have this opportunity to work at Clas Ohlson, which has entered an exciting growth phase with greater internationalisation and where sustainability issues are at the top of the agenda. It will be stimulating to further develop Clas Ohlson’s initiatives and to continue to strengthen the company in the area of sustainability”, says Åsa Portnoff Sundström, incoming Head of Sustainability at Clas Ohlson.
Åsa Portnoff Sundström will take up her new position on 15 January 2014.
For further information, please contact:
Karin Svenske Nyberg, Director of HR, Clas Ohlson, tel +46 (0)247-444 06
Sara Kraft Westrell, Director of Information and Investor Relations, tel +46 (0)247-649 13
About Clas Ohlson
Clas Ohlson was founded in 1918 as a mail order business based in Insjön, Dalarna, Sweden. Today, the company has 182 stores in four countries and sales via the Internet, mail order, telephone and social media. Clas Ohlson helps its customers solve everyday practical problems with a range of affordable products in the five product areas: Hardware, Electrical, Home Multimedia and Leisure categories. The company is listed on the OMX Nordic Exchange and has approximately 4,300 employees. For further information about Clas Ohlson, visit http://about.clasohlson.com (financial information) or http://www.clasohlson.com/uk (e-commerce).
