Lars Gejrot becomes Vattenfall’s HR director

Lars Gejrot, 54, is new Senior Vice President and Head of Human Resources, Vattenfall. His most recent job was with IKEA, where he has been Group Head of Human Resources for eight years.

Lars Gejrot has worked 18 years with IKEA in different managing positions, mainly with HR issues, stationed in Vienna, Basel, Paris and Helsingborg. Before that, he was for four years consultant of a recruitment and HR development company and ten years Swedish army officer. He starts his job on February 2nd.

“We are happy to welcome Lars Gejrot to Vattenfall. His great experience from IKEA will fit well in with Vattenfall’s vision to be a leading European energy company, Number One for the Environment, Number One for the Customer, and the Employer of Choice,” says Lars G. Josefsson, Vattenfall’s President and CEO.

“For me it is very exciting to come to Vattenfall, a company with a rich heritage from a century's activity, which takes the energy issues into a new stage of the future. It gives me good feelings and I look much forward to my new role,” says Lars Gejrot.


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