I have the overall responsibility for IS/ IT in the AAK Group, which is listed on the NASDAQ OMX Stockholm Large Cap, with 4500+ M€ in revenue (2022).The IT organization includes employees in Sweden, Denmark, Belgium, Netherlands and UK, plus people in North America and Asia reporting via a dotted line, strengthened by a number of external consultants. We provide all IT services at AAK, with a mix of internal and external sourcing. Business driven IT is my passion, our organization is transfering business requirements into efficient IT solutions. Our main systems platform is the ERP system SAP, which is used by the majority of AAK companies. AAK continue to roll out SAP to companies at all continents. It is a comprehensive SAP implementation that serves most functions across the company.

My organization included more than 100 own employees in eight countries, plus an indirect responsibility for IS staff in another 50 countries. The annual budget was 20 M€+. Our mission was to support and optimize the business processes within Alfa Laval and its partners.

My position was as Vice President of Business Systems for BA Flow. The BA had an annual turnover of 400 MEUR, with 10 manufacturing plants in Europe, South America, India and China, sales companies in 45 countries, and a total of 3.000 employees. I was responsible for the business processes, including IS/IT, and I was a member of the management team of the Business Area.

The IT Infrastructure at Alfa Laval was developed in close co-operation with the Group Management and the Business Areas, and it included;• To build a global Wide Area Network (WAN)• To implement e-mail for all white collar employees• To establish IS/IT policies in various areas• To establish an IT Security Policy and implement various security solutions• To implement the first Intranet and external web site (www.alfalaval.com)

I started my professional carreer at IBM. I worked with customers in the industrial area for 4 years. I spent the last two years at IBM as an account manager for a number of external partners, primarily in the area of personal computing.