Jessica Alm to join Essity’s Executive Management Team

Hygiene and health company Essity today announced that Jessica Alm will join Essity’s Executive Management Team in the role of Chief Communication Officer. 

Jessica Alm will join Essity from the industrial company Sandvik, where she has served in various roles over the past 17 years, the past ten of which as Head of Group Communications and as a member of Group Executive Management. She has broad experience of working with brand development, strategic communication and sustainability. 

Jessica Alm will succeed Joséphine Edwall Björklund who after ten years in the position, as previously announced, has taken on a new position as Senior Advisor at Essity and has left the Executive Management Team.  

Jessica Alm will assume her position at Essity no later than August 2023 and will report to Magnus Groth, President and CEO of Essity.  

“I am delighted to welcome Jessica Alm to Essity. With her solid expertise and experience, Jessica is the right person to lead and further develop the Group’s external and internal communication,” says Magnus Groth, President and CEO of Essity.  

For further information, please contact:
Per Lorentz, Vice President Corporate Communications, +46 733 13 30 55, per.lorentz@essity.com

Essity is a leading global hygiene and health company. We are dedicated to improving well-being through our products and services. Sales are conducted in approximately 150 countries under the leading global brands TENA and Tork, and other strong brands, such as Actimove, JOBST, Knix, Leukoplast, Libero, Libresse, Lotus, Modibodi, Nosotras, Saba, Tempo, TOM Organic, Vinda and Zewa. Essity has about 48,000 employees. Net sales in 2022 amounted to approximately SEK 156bn (EUR 15bn). The company’s headquarters is located in Stockholm, Sweden, and Essity is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm. Essity breaks barriers to well-being and contributes to a healthy, sustainable and circular society. More information at www.essity.com.