Trond Kongrød new COO of ICA Norge
Trond Kongrød new COO of ICA Norge
Solna 16 January, 2007
Trond Kongrød has been appointed new COO of ICA Norge. He was most recently format director for the Norwegian ICA formats.
As COO for ICA Norge, Trond will be part of ICA ABs Executive Board and report to ICAs president Kenneth Bengtsson. Trond Kongrød takes over after Erland Björn. Erland Björn will remain in ICA ABs Executive Board and moves on to work with strategic assignments for the ICA group.
ICA Norge has been involved in a significant change process. Erland Björn has lead and managed this work during a build-up phase for three years. ICA Norge is now entering a new phase. Therefore, Erlands assignment in ICA Norge has been completed.
- I am very pleased that Trond has accepted this challenge. He is an enthusiastic and energetic leader with a strong sales focus. A profile which is an excellent fit for ICA, says Kenneth Bengtsson, CEO and President ICA AB.
ICA Norge is a subsidiary of ICA AB. The subsidiaries of the ICA group are focused on sales, operations and new store openings.
For further information, please contact: ICA press hotline, phone +46 70 253 66 60
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- About ICA The ICA Group (ICA AB) is one of the Nordic regions leading retail companies, with around 2,300 of its own and retailer-owned stores in Sweden, Norway and in the Baltic States. The Group includes the sales companies ICA Sverige, ICA Norge, Rimi Baltic and Etos. ICA also offers financial services to Swedish customers through ICA Banken. ICA also owns half of Netto Market, with above 80 stores in Sweden. ICA AB is a joint venture 40% owned by Hakon Invest AB and 60% by Royal Ahold N.V. of the Netherlands. Due to a shareholder agreement, neither party has control of the company and the two share equal voting power. Through Royal Ahold, ICA AB is part of an international retail network. For more information, please visit http://www.ica.se