Management
The President leads Group management's work and, after consultations with its members, makes decisions regarding business operations. Group management consists of all division managers and heads of Group staff.
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Lars 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.
Board assignments:
Board member of Orkla ASA.
Own and related parties´ shares:
40,550
Richard Flaherty
President, US Division, Swedish Match since 2009. Joined Swedish Match in 2000. Member of the Group Management Team since 2008. Born 1958. B.A. Economics, J.D. Law Rutgers University, and LLM Taxation New York University, USA.
Previous positions:
Chief Operating Officer, Swedish Match North America Division OTP; Chief Financial Officer, Swedish Match North America Division; Chief Financial Officer, Bumble Bee Seafoods; Commercial Director, Unilever.
Own and related parties´ shares:
18,125
Tom Hayes
Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President, Group Finance, Swedish Match since 2018. Joined Swedish Match in 2006. Member of the Group Management Team since October 1, 2017. Born 1966. B.S. in Accounting from Wake Forest University, USA.
Previous positions:
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.
Own and related parties´ shares:
1,815
Marie-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.
Own and related parties´ shares:
3,025
Lars Olof Löfman
Senior Vice President R&D, Europe Division, Swedish Match since 2017. Joined Swedish Match in 1987. Member of the Group Management Team since 2004. Born 1956. M.Sc. in Engineering and Controller DIHM, Sweden.
Previous positions:
Senior Vice President Product Supply and Innovation, Swedish Match Scandinavia Division; President, Swedish Match Smokefree Products Division; President, Swedish Match Distribution AB; President, Swedish Match North Europe Division; Vice President Production & Development, Swedish Match North Europe Division; Vice President Operations, Swedish Match Snuff Division; Plant and Production Manager, Swedish Match North Europe Division.
Own and related parties´ shares:
10,689
Fredrik 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. Bachelor of Law (LLB), 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.
Own and related parties´ shares:
2,500
Håkan Söderberg
President, Lights Division, Swedish Match since October 1, 2017. Joined Swedish Match in 2007. Member of the Group Management Team since October 1, 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.
Board assignments:
Board member of Södertälje Sportklubb AB.
Own and related parties´ shares:
3,398
Joakim 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.
Own and related parties´ shares:
8,240
