LINKOPING, Sweden, Dec. 19, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Irene Svensson has been appointed the new information director at Saab (Stockholm:SAABb), thereby becoming a member of the Saab Group's management.
Ms. Svensson has served as information manager at Saab Ericsson Space in Gothenburg since 1993. She has a Master's degree in Engineering from the Chalmers Institute of Technology. She has also been employed by the Municipality of Gothenburg, and has many years experience of working abroad, in France and Germany.
Ms. Svensson will begin serving in her new position as of January 1, 2003.
Saab is one of the world's leading high-technology companies, with its main operations focusing on defense, aviation and space. Saab covers a broad spectrum of competence and capabilities in systems integration.
For more information, please contact:
Irene Svensson, Communications Director phone: +46 31 735 4463, mobile +46 705 350 818 Anders Stalhammar, Press Secretary phone: +46 8 463 0175, mobile +46 70 889 7096 www.saab.se This information was brought to you by Waymaker http://www.waymaker.net The following files are available for download: www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/12/19/20021219BIT00550/wkr0001.doc www.waymaker.net/bitonline/2002/12/19/20021219BIT00550/wkr0002.pdf