Håkan Buskhe appointed new President and CEO of Saab

Håkan Buskhe appointed new President and CEO of Saab

The board of the defence and security company Saab has appointed Håkan Buskhe as
new President and CEO. Buskhe will take up his position on 1 November 2010 at
the latest. 

Håkan Buskhe is currently CEO of E.ON Sweden and President of E.ON Nordic, with
operations in the Nordic countries and in Poland. He is 46 and holds a Master of
Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg.

“In Håkan Buskhe, Saab will have a President with great experience of working in
an international group. Buskhe has all the requirements needed to lead Saab in
its development as an increasingly global high technology company,” says Marcus
Wallenberg, chairman of the board of Saab.

As previously announced, current President and CEO Åke Svensson will leave Saab
on 1 September 2010 to become President of the Association of Swedish
Engineering Industries.

Press meeting
Marcus Wallenberg, chairman of the board, and incoming President Håkan Buskhe
will be available to the media at noon today, Monday 26 April, at Saab's head
office, World Trade Center, Kungsbron 1, Stockholm. 

Contact person is Communications Director Cecilia Schön Jansson, +46 (0)8 463 01
80. 
 


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The information is that which Saab AB is required to declare by the Securities
Business Act and/or the Financial instruments Trading Act. The information was
submitted for publication on 26 April at 08.30.

For further information, please contact:
Cecilia Schön Jansson, Saab's Communications Director, +46 (0)8 463 01 80
Saab Press Centre, +46 (0)734 180 018
presscentre@saabgroup.com 
www.saabgroup.com


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