Management and remuneration

President and CEO

Vagner Rego joined Atlas Copco Group as a trainee engineer in São Paulo State, Brazil and was later appointed Business Line Manager for Compressor Technique Service. He later became Vice President Marketing and Sales for the Compressor Technique Service division, in Belgium. He has also been General Manager for Construction Technique’s customer center in Brazil and President of the Compressor Technique Service division. Before he was appointed President and CEO he was Business Area President for Compressor Technique.

Senior Executive Vice President and Business Area President Compressor Technique

Philippe Ernens, started as a product engineer in the Airtec division within the Compressor Technique business area in 1995. After several positions as team leader and engineering manager, he became General Manager and continued to a role as Vice President Operations High Pressure. In 2012 he became President of the Airtec division and in 2016 he took up the position as president for the Oil-free Air division.  

Senior Executive Vice President and Business Area President Vacuum Technique

Geert Follens has held positions in purchasing, supply chain and general management. He has served as General Manager of Atlas Copco Compressor Technique customer center in the United Kingdom. Before he became  President of the Vacuum Solutions division he was first  President of the Portable Energy division and then of  the Industrial Air division.

Senior Executive Vice President and Business Area President Industrial Technique

Henrik Elmin joined Atlas Copco Group as General Manager for Atlas Copco Tools Customer Center Nordic in the Industrial Technique business area. He was later appointed President of the General Industry Tools and Assembly Systems  division. Before his current position he was President of the Industrial Technique Service division.

Senior Executive Vice President and Business Area President Power Technique

Andrew Walker has held several different management positions in markets including the United Kingdom,  Ireland, Belgium and the United States. Before his current position, he was President of the Service division within Compressor Technique.

Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer

Cecilia Sandberg began her career as Human Resources consultant for a travel agency. From 1999 to 2007 she held different Human Resources roles at Scandinavian Airlines and AstraZeneca. Between 2007–2015 Cecilia Sandberg was Vice President Human Resources for Atlas Copco’s  Industrial Technique business area. Before she started  her current position she was Senior Vice President Human Resources at Permobil.

Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer

Peter Kinnart started his career at Atlas Copco Group as business controller at Airpower in Antwerp. He has held several management positions within different areas at Atlas Copco in Belgium, Germany, Spain and Switzerland. Prior to his current position, he was Vice President Business Control at Atlas Copco’s Business Area Compressor Technique.

Senior Vice President, Chief Communications Officer

Sara Hägg Liljedal began her career as a journalist working for different Swedish media. Between 2007 and 2013 she worked as Press Secretary for the Speaker of the Swedish Parliament. She has also held roles as a Press and PR Manager for Swedish investment services companies Swedbank Robur and Skandia. Before she was appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Communications Officer, she was Media Relations Manager for the Atlas Copco Group.

Senior Vice President, Chief Legal Officer

Eva Klasén joined Atlas Copco Group in 2000 as Assistant Corporate Counsel and has since then held several positions in the legal functions in both Sweden and China. She has been supporting several M&A projects, setting up the legal department in China and also being the General Counsel for EMEA, leading the team of lawyers in the area. Before her current position she was Vice President, Deputy Chief Legal Officer.

Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer

Marcus Hvied was IT Director Global IT Shared Services for Assa Abloy before he joined Atlas Copco as General Manager IT Services and Head of Group IT.