Chairman of the board: Johansson was fired …

mekonomen’s president, Magnus Johansson was forced to leave his job immediately. The board of directors disposes of him. The abrupt end of his mission is completely in line with the prevailing trend, in which the ceo is kicked out from his post.

Why set aside the board president?

– We have in the board of directors has made an assessment that we need a new leadership for Mekonomen. And of course, it is unfortunate that it takes a relatively short time after Magnus Johansson took office in June 2015. It is approximately 16 months. But based on what happens around us, and what happens in the competition, and what happens on the basis of the strategic plan that we set out in last autumn, we have made an overall assessment that we need a new leadership, ” says Kenneth Bengtsson, chairman of Mekonomen.

With the usual parlance, he gets fired?

” Yes, so you can put it also. Because we have chosen to stage this change, and he also receives a severance payment it is so, ” says Kenneth Bengtsson.

– I would like to say. It is not unusual that such things happen. It is much more common now than in the past and it was very dramatically a few years ago is far less dramatic today, ” says Kenneth Bengtsson.

What will the new leadership have not Magnus Johansson had?

” Our strategic plan, what should be done, it is fixed. The question is how it should be done. We need a new leadership that unifies us around common goals, and that increases focus, and increases the speed of the process of change that we’re in, ” says Kenneth Bengtsson.

Has the change process been too slow during the outgoing managing director?

one can of course say. If we now think that we should increase the speed, it can be argued that it has gone too slowly. But I would not like to express myself so, but the pace of change around us – and the competition – is increasing so much right now. So, unfortunately, we have come to the conclusion that we need a new leadership, ” says Kenneth Bengtsson.

Is there any particular area where you have fallen behind.

” No. The ceo is judged on a range of factors, including the results, but it this case it is an overall assessment. I would not want to pull off any part.