Bufab AB named Staffan Pehrson as new President and CEO. Pehrson, who is currently CEO of Nefab Group AB, will assume his role on February 1, 2022.

He replaces Jörgen Rosengren, who is leaving Bufab at the end of September. Johan Lindqvist, segment manager for Segment North, will serve as acting President and CEO from 1 September 2021 until February 2022.

“Bufab is a company with great potential and a strong innovation capacity,” Pehrson stated. “I have followed Bufab’s fantastic development since the IPO in 2014 and look forward to further developing Bufab together with the Group management and all employees in the future.”

Pehrson, 53, holds an MSc in Engineering Physics from Uppsala University, a Master´s Degree from Case Western Reserve University in the U.S. and an Executive MBA from Stockholm School of Economics. Prior to joining Nefab Group in 2016, he worked for over twenty years within the Ericsson Group. Pehrson is currently a board member of Lindab AB.

Founded in 1977 in Sweden, Bufab has operations in 27 countries. Bufab has 1,350 employees. Bufab’s net sales for the past 12 months amounted to Swedish Krone 4.2 billion (US$432 million) and the operating margin was 9.5%. Web: Bufab.com