Jacob Blom appointed SVP Human Resources at NCC
Jacob Blom will be the new Senior Vice President Human Resources at NCC. Since November 2013, Jacob Blom has been serving as acting SVP HR.
“I’m delighted that Jacob Blom will be the Group’s new Senior Vice President of Human Resources. He has excellent experience in the area – both from previous roles in other companies and from NCC. I look forward to having Jacob take care of an area that is of such key importance to the future,” says Peter Wågström, President and CEO of NCC.
The NCC Group regards Human Resources, HR, as a strategic area. It includes focusing on the need to attract the right competencies for the future, working on ways of increasing the efficiency of systems and processes and developing NCC’s management skills.
“I am extremely proud at being appointed Senior Vice President of Human Resources in the NCC Group and I really look forward to taking on the exciting HR challenges that lie ahead for NCC. We will refine NCC’s HR processes and systems, and build further on the organization that exists, with competencies that will help us achieve our targets,” says Jacob Blom, Acting SVP of Human Resources.
Another important area is safety at NCC’s various worksites.
“NCC has a vision of zero accidents and has made a great deal of progress when it comes to occupational health and safety at our worksites but the number of accidents must continue to be reduced. We will therefore continue to work on the basis of our zero vision and do everything in our power to create safe worksites at all locations and every day,” Jacob Blom adds.
Jacob Blom will assume his new position on March 12 and will be a member of NCC’s Group Management.
Jacob Blom has longstanding experience in the field of the Human Resources. He has led several major HR projects in multiple executive roles, at corporate level in the NCC Group, at NCC in Denmark and in other major companies. His track record includes holding executive HR positions at the Danish telecom operator TDC and at Merck Sharp & Dohme in both Denmark and Sweden.
Jacob Blom is educated as a regular officer and has a degree from the Copenhagen School of Economics in organization and management.
For further information, please contact:
Peter Wågström, President and CEO of NCC, telephone +46 70 527 31 31
Jacob Blom, Senior Vice President Human Resources, NCC, telephone +45 40 28 68 01
NCC’s media line +46 8 585 519 00, e-mail: press@ncc.se, NCC’s image bank
This is the type of information that NCC could be obligated to disclose pursuant to the Securities Market Act. The information was issued for publication on March 12, 2014, at 14:15 pm CET.
All of NCC’s press releases are available on www.ncc.se/press. NCC is one of the leading construction and property development companies in the Nordic region. In 2013, NCC reported sales of SEK 58 billion and had 85,000 employees.
