Jenny Edfast appointed new CEO of Rejlers Sweden
Jenny Edfast has been appointed as the new CEO of Rejlers Sverige AB, with over 1000 employees, 40 offices and 350 partners, and will be part of Rejler's group management. Viktor Svensson, President and CEO of Rejlers, has held the role of acting CEO of Sweden since May 2018, but is now handing over responsibility to Jenny, who will take up her new position on January 1, 2020.
- I am pleased that Jenny will take over as CEO of Rejlers in Sweden, an important market for us today and beyond. Jenny has successfully driven the change in division Energy within Rejlers Sweden in recent years. Both profitability and growth have had a good development under Jenny's leadership. Her natural business acumen and strong drive around new business combined with a personal leadership makes her the right leader to continue developing Rejlers Sweden, says Viktor Svensson, President and CEO of Rejlers.
Jenny Edfast has been part of Rejlers since 2015 and today has the role of division manager for Energy in Rejlers Sweden, with over 200 employees. Prior to that, she was business area manager at Pöyry Sweden and also managing director of Pöyry Swedpower. Jenny has a Master of Science in Industrial Economics from Luleå University of Technology. The search for Jenny's successor as divisional director Energy begins immediately.
- I am happy and proud of the confidence to continue the start of the journey of change with Rejlers Sweden. Our employees are our main resource and we have a strong mix of both experienced consultants and younger talent. At the same time, I feel that the interest to work for Rejlers is increasing all the time and therefore I have great confidence in 2020 and the future. With our overall competence as a base, we aim to constantly develop our offering to our customers, says Jenny Edfast.
For further information, please contact:
Jenny Edfast, CEO Rejlers Sweden, 070-649 64 13, jenny.edfast@rejlers.se
Viktor Svensson, President and CEO, +46 (0)70 657 20 26, viktor.svensson@rejlers.se
Malin Sparf Rydberg, Director of Communications, +46 (0)70 477 17 00, malin.rydberg@rejlers.se
This information is such that Rejlers AB (publ) is required to publish according to Nasdaq Stockholm's regulations for issuers. The information was submitted, through the above contact person's request, Viktor Svensson, President and CEO, for publication on December 5, 2019, at 11.00 a.m. 08.30 CET.
About Rejlers
Rejlers is one of the leading engineering consultancy firms in the Nordic region. With our vision “Home of the learning minds” as a beacon, we create a platform for continuous learning, development and growth. Increased learning that creates added value for both customers and employees. We have nearly 2400 dedicated experts with cutting-edge expertise in technology areas such as energy, industry, infrastructure, real estate and telecom. We are close to our customers and are represented in Sweden, Finland, Norway and the United Arab Emirates. In 2018, the company had a turnover of 2.4 billion SEK and its class B share is listed on Nasdaq Stockholm.
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