Husqvarna CEO to step down this year (updated)

Husqvarna AB

24/04/2025 06:09

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COPENHAGEN, April 24 (Reuters) - Husqvarna HUSQb.ST CEO Pavel Hajman has decided to step down from his position as soon as a new permanent successor is appointed, likely by the end of this year, the Swedish garden equipment and tools maker said on Thursday.

"As we approach the end of the group's current 2025 strategy period, The board and I feel it is time to recruit a longer-term successor who can lead the group into the next strategy period, which will aim at 2030 and beyond," Hajman said in a statement.

Hajman joined Husqvarna in 2014 and has been CEO since May 2023, according to the company.

 (Reporting by Louise Breusch Rasmussen, editing by Terje Solsvik)

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