Management
The President leads Group management's work and, after consultations with its members, makes decisions regarding business operations. Swedish Match Group management consists of all division managers and heads of Group staff.
Holdings of own and related parties shares as of December 31, 2021. For continuously updated information regarding insiders' transactions, please visit the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority’s website (Finansinspektionen).
The Boards proposal to the Annual General Meeting for principles of remuneration to management, as well as the Boards evaluation of certain remuneration related issues pursuant to section 10.3 of the Swedish Corporate Governance Code, are available on the page Remuneration principles.
Lars Dahlgren
Read about Lars CloseLars Dahlgren: President and Chief Executive Officer, Swedish Match since 2008. Joined Swedish Match in 1996. Member of the Group Management Team since 2004. Born 1970. M.Sc. in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.
Previous positions:
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Swedish Match AB; Vice President Group Finance, Swedish Match AB; Finance Director, Swedish Match Philippines; Financial analyst, SBC Warburg.
Other assignments:
Lars Dahlgren has no other ongoing assignments.
Thomas Hayes
Read about Thomas CloseThomas Hayes: President, US Division, Swedish Match since 2020. Joined Swedish Match in 2006. Member of the Group Management Team since 2017. Born 1966. B.S. in Accounting from Wake Forest University, USA.
Previous positions:
Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Group Finance, Swedish Match. Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, Swedish Match US Division; Chief Financial Officer Swedish Match International Division; Controller and Chief Accounting Officer, Chesapeake Corporation; Managing Director, PricewaterhouseCoopers.
Other assignments:
Thomas Hayes has no other ongoing assignments.
Own and related parties´ shares:
87,300
Marie-Louise Heiman
Read about Marie-Louise CloseMarie-Louise Heiman: Senior Vice President, Group Legal Affairs and General Counsel, Swedish Match as from 2015. Joined Swedish Match in 1996. Member of the Group Management Team and Secretary to the Board as from 2015. Born 1965. Master of Laws, LL M, Uppsala University, Sweden.
Previous positions:
Vice President Legal Affairs, Swedish Match AB; General Counsel Swedish Match North Europe AB, Legal Counsel, AB Fortos, BCP Branded Consumer Products AB and Procordia AB.
Other assignments:
Marie-Louise Heiman has no other ongoing assignments.
Own and related parties´ shares:
42,300
Anders Larsson
Read about Anders CloseAnders Larsson: Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Group Finance, Swedish Match since 2020. Joined Swedish Match in 2008. Member of the Group Management Team since 2020. Born 1982. M.Sc. in Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.
Previous positions:
Vice President Group Finance, Swedish Match AB; Vice President Business Control, Scandinavia Division; Director Group Business Control, Swedish Match AB; Business Controller, Swedish Match AB.
Other assignments:
Anders Larsson has no other ongoing assignments.
Own and related parties´ shares:
16,410
Fredrik Peyron
Read about Fredrik CloseFredrik Peyron: Senior Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Group Communications. Joined Swedish Match in May 2016. Member of the Group Management team since 2016. Born 1967. Master of Laws (LLM), Lund University.
Previous positions:
Group VP, Legal Affairs, General Counsel and Secretary, Autoliv; Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs and General Counsel, Swedish Match AB; Vice President Corporate Affairs, Swedish Match AB; Legal Counsel, Akzo Nobel; Associate, Mannheimer Swartling law firm.
Other assignments:
Board member of Kindred Group.
Own and related parties´ shares:
31,000
Håkan Söderberg
Read about Håkan CloseHåkan Söderberg: President, Lights Division, Swedish Match since 2017. Joined Swedish Match in 2007. Member of the Group Management Team since 2017. Born 1969. M.Sc BA from the University of Stockholm, Sweden.
Previous positions:
COO Lights International Division, Swedish Match; COO Continental Europe Division Netherlands, Swedish Match; Vice President Finance & IT International Division Netherlands, Swedish Match; Regional Finance Director Belgium, AstraZeneca; CFO South Africa, AstraZeneca; Director, Finance Supply chain and Logistics England, AstraZeneca; Director, Business logistics and Finance, AstraZeneca; Corporate controller, Astra AB.
Other assignments:
Håkan Söderberg has no other ongoing assignments.
Own and related parties´ shares:
35,000
Joakim Tilly
Read about Joakim CloseJoakim Tilly: President, Europe Division, Swedish Match since 2013. Joined Swedish Match in 1994. Member of the Group Management Team since 2008. Born 1970. M. Sc. In Business and Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden.
Previous positions:
Senior Vice President, Group Finance and IT, and Chief Financial Officer, Swedish Match AB; Senior Vice President Group Finance, Swedish Match AB; Vice President Group Finance, Swedish Match AB; Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, Netgiro International; Chief Financial Officer, Swedish Match Lighter Division.
Other assignments:
Board member of Livsmedelsföretagen Service i Sverige AB.
Own and related parties´ shares:
90,000
