CFO Pär Christiansen leaves Clas Ohlson

Pär Christiansen, CFO, has today notified his decision to leave Clas Ohlson to enter a new position outside the company. The recruitment process to appoint a new CFO will start immediately.

“Pär has contributed in a great way to the Group Management’s work and the overall development of Clas Ohlson during the past four years – a time during which Clas Ohlson has changed in many ways to meet new needs and new customer behaviours. This is a journey that now continues with a solid financial position as a foundation which gives us good opportunities for future growth. I would also like to direct a warm thanks to Pär for good collaboration and all his efforts at Clas Ohlson and wish him the best of luck for the future,” says Kristofer Tonström, President and CEO, Clas Ohlson.  

Pär Christiansen will continue in his current position until the summer. A recruitment process to find his replacement is now initiated.

For further information, please contact:  
Niklas Carlsson, Group Head of Communications, +46 247 444 29, niklas.carlsson@clasohlson.se

This is information that Clas Ohlson AB (publ) is obliged to make public pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. This information was submitted for publication, through the agency of the contact person set out above, at 6:00 p.m. CET on 7 February 2022.

Clas Ohlson was founded in 1918 as a mail order business based in Insjön, Dalarna, Sweden. Today, we are a retail company with customers in four markets, approximately 4,500 co-workers, and annual sales of approximately 8.3 billion SEK. Our share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. A lot has happened since the start in 1918, but one thing has remained the same over the years; that we want to help and inspire people to improve their everyday lives by offering smart, simple, practical solutions at attractive prices. Visit about.clasohlson.com/en to read more about us and our passion for simplifying life in all kinds of homes.