SAS welcomes Charlotte Svensson as new CIO
SAS is pleased to announce that Charlotte Svensson has been appointed to be new Executive vice president and Chief Information Officer (CIO) as of February 1st 2020. Charlotte Svensson will succeed Mattias Forsberg who in October announced he is leaving SAS for a new position as CIO at Svenska Handelsbanken.
“I’m very pleased to welcome Charlotte to SAS. At SAS, we constantly strive to innovate and move forward. Charlotte’s broad experience in creating business value through digital transformation together with her leadership skills will be great assets for us going forward”, says Rickard Gustafson, CEO.
Charlotte has a broad background and experience with different industries. Her recent position as a part of PostNord’s Group Leadership team she was responsible for handling one of the largest transformations within the logistic industry, the mail business, as well as building a new profitable digital revenue stream. Prior to Postnord Charlotte was CIO and CDO at Bonnier News and CTO of Bonnier Group.
"I'm looking forward joining SAS where I will be focusing in creating business value through constant improvement of customer value and creating zero friction for both internal and external IT users. Together with my team we will continue SAS’ digital transformation in order to respond to future needs and becoming a truly digital-first airline", says Charlotte Svensson.
For more information, please contact:
SAS Press Office, phn +46 8 797 2944
SAS, Scandinavia's leading airline, flies over 30 million passengers to, from and within Scandinavia each year. The airline has three main hubs – Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm – with 125 destinations in Europe, USA and Asia. Supported by its Scandinavian Cultural Heritage and sustainable values, SAS is striving it reduce its total carbon dioxide emissions by 25 percent and operate with biofuels corresponding to the total consumption of aviation fuel used in all SAS domestic flights, by the year 2030.
In addition to flight operations, SAS offers ground handling services, technical maintenance and air cargo services. SAS is a founder member of the Star Alliance™, and together with its partner airlines offers around 19,000 daily flights to over 1,300 destinations worldwide.
