VBG - Key Persons


Alexander Andersson

Job Titles:
  • Board Member and Employee Representative Blue - Collar Employees

Anders Birgersson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Anders Erkén - CEO, President

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Member of the Board
  • President
  • Division Manager, Truck & Trailer Equipment
Anders Erkén President and CEO, VBG Group See a short video of Anders Erkén presenting the Q2 report Q2 VBG Group interim report January - June in Swedish 2023

Andreas Mast

Job Titles:
  • Auditor

Anna Stålenbring

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Annelie Carlsson - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Office Manager

Annika Wadenbo

Job Titles:
  • HR - Manager, VBG Truck Equipment

Bo Hedberg

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President of Business Development

Cecilia Pettersson

Job Titles:
  • Board Member and Employee Representative White - Collar Employees

Christina Holgerson

Job Titles:
  • Senior Vice President of HR and Corporate Responsibility

Eberhard Wolters

Job Titles:
  • Division CEO, Mobile Thermal Solutions

Fredrik Jignéus - CFO, SVP

Job Titles:
  • CFO
  • Senior Vice President

Herman Krefting - Founder

Job Titles:
  • Founder
Herman Krefting was himself asthmatic, which is one explanation for the establishment of the Herman Krefting Foundation for Allergy and Asthma Research. The foundation supports allergy and asthma research through contributions to various research projects and by financing professorships at the Sahlgrenska Academy in Gothenburg. In 2008, the foundation signed an agreement with the Sahlgrenska Academy regarding donations towards a new research centre for allergy and asthma, the Krefting Research Centre. Since the establishment of the Kreftingh Research Centre, it has received almost SEK 150 M from the Herman Krefting Foundation for Allergy and Asthma Research. In May, 2020, it was announced the Herman Krefting Foundation for Allergy and Asthma Research, also is donating approximately SEK 50 M to Universeum. Universeum is the National Science Centre of Sweden and a powerful arena for education and popular education in science, technology and sustainable development. The money will be used for a new life science center part of Universeum, a completely new learning environment about asthma and allergies and a professorship in pedagogy. The first part of the new learning environment was opened in April 2022. The Herman Krefting Foundation for Allergy and Asthma Research has since the establishment donated SEK 233 M to asthma and allergy research.

Johan Ljung

Job Titles:
  • Group CIO

Johnny Alvarsson - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman

Karin Pantzar

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Member of the Board
Deputy member of the Board Karin Pantzar Vänersborg, born 1977 Deputy Board member since 2010. Employee representative white-collar employees. Employed since 1998. Auditor Andreas Mast Ernst & Young AB Auditor in charge Born 1979 Authorised Public Accountant Auditor for the company since 2021.

Louise Nicolin

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Mats R Karlsson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Peter Augustsson

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Board

Thomas Moka

Job Titles:
  • Division Manager, Ringfeder Power Transmission

Åsa Olsson

Job Titles:
  • Global Communication Manager