Jörgen Lindquist, President of the Södra Wood business area, is to leave Södra. Peter Jhaveri will take over responsibility as Interim Business Area President of Södra Wood until further notice. A recruitment process for a permanent appointment to the role of business area president of Södra Wood will be initiated later in 2021.

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President of Södra Wood business area Jörgen Lindquist to leave company

President of Södra Wood business area Jörgen Lindquist to leave company

Jörgen Lindquist, President of the Södra Wood business area, is to leave Södra. He has worked at Södra since 2015 and been a member of Group Senior Management. Jörgen also served previously as CFO of Södra.

Peter Jhaveri will take over responsibility as Interim Business Area President of Södra Wood until further notice. He has extensive and international experience of senior positions in several different types of businesses. These include serving as subsidiary president within the Tetra Pak Group in Asia and Sweden, as well as Consumer Board business area president at BillerudKorsnäs.

A recruitment process for a permanent appointment to the role of business area president of Södra Wood will be initiated later in 2021.

Södra was founded in 1938 and is the largest forest-owner association in Sweden, with a membership of 53,000 forest owners. Södra is also an international forest industry Group, with 3,100 employees around the world.