{"id":10408,"date":"2022-06-15T05:56:35","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T05:56:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/?p=10408"},"modified":"2022-06-13T14:05:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-13T14:05:10","slug":"konecranes-names-new-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/konecranes-names-new-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Konecranes Names New CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/konecranes-inc\/\">Konecranes Plc<\/a> has appointed Anders Svensson president and CEO. He will assume his role at the latest on December 7, 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Svensson joins <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/konecranes-inc\/\">Konecranes<\/a> from Sandvik, where he is currently president of the Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions Business Area. Prior to his current role, he has held various leadership positions within Sandvik since 2008, including president, crushing and screening division; president, customer services and SVP global sales, Sandvik Construction as well as chief purchasing officer, Sandvik Construction and Sandvik Mining.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Svensson holds a M.Sc. in Chemical Engineering. He is a Swedish citizen.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cI am very pleased to announce the appointment of Anders Svensson as president and CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/konecranes-inc\/\">Konecranes<\/a>. He has a convincing track-record of delivering profitable growth and experience of working globally. With his results-driven and engaging approach, strong customer focus and people skills, he is well equipped to lead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/konecranes-inc\/\">Konecranes<\/a>,\u201d says Christoph Vitzthum, the chairman of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/konecranes-inc\/\">Konecranes<\/a>\u2019 board of directors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSeveral excellent candidates were evaluated. Svensson demonstrates the right mix of competencies, personal qualities and experience to lead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/konecranes-inc\/\">Konecranes<\/a> on its exciting journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_10410\" style=\"width: 982px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10410\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10410\" src=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-13-at-14.58.35.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"972\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-13-at-14.58.35.png 972w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-13-at-14.58.35-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-13-at-14.58.35-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-13-at-14.58.35-440x247.png 440w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-13-at-14.58.35-650x365.png 650w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-13-at-14.58.35-579x325.png 579w, https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Screenshot-2022-06-13-at-14.58.35-676x380.png 676w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 972px) 100vw, 972px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-10410\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Konecranes Plc has appointed Anders Svensson president and CEO. He will assume his role at the latest on December 7, 2022.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI am honoured and excited to have the opportunity to lead <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/konecranes-inc\/\">Konecranes<\/a>, a global industry leader known for its unique service and equipment offering and great people. This is an exciting time to join the company, as Konecranes, with its leading technology and digital and automation capabilities, is in a unique position to support customers to further improve the safety, productivity and sustainability of their operations. I very much look forward to working with new colleagues around the world and building on a great foundation for profitable growth and future success,\u201d said Svensson.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Until Svensson\u00a0joins the company, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/item\/konecranes-inc\/\">Konecranes<\/a> CFO Teo Ottola will continue to act as the interim CEO.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Konecranes Plc has appointed Anders Svensson president and CEO. He will assume his role at the latest on December 7, 2022. Svensson joins Konecranes from Sandvik, where he is currently president of the Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions Business Area. Prior to his current role, he has held various leadership positions within Sandvik since 2008, including&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/konecranes-names-new-ceo\/\" class=\"excerpt-read-more\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,10],"tags":[7422,977,1543,147,5373,686,7421],"class_list":["post-10408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-homepage-featured","category-news","tag-anders-svensson","tag-konecranes","tag-rtg","tag-rtgs","tag-rubber-tired-gantry","tag-rubber-tired-gantry-cranes","tag-teo-ottola"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Konecranes Names New CEO - Find A Distributor Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.findadistributor.com\/news\/konecranes-names-new-ceo\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Konecranes Names New CEO - Find A Distributor Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Konecranes Plc has appointed Anders Svensson president and CEO. 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