President and Group Executive Management, business areas and Group functions
President and Group Executive Management
The President is accountable for Group decision-making in all areas delegated by the Board. In order to ensure a full Group perspective in these matters, the President has appointed the Group Executive Management as an advisory forum, focusing on how to achieve Group targets, strategies, structure and organization. The Group Executive Management meets each month and its members are accountable for implementing the President’s decisions.
In 2024, the Group Executive Management consisted of:
- Stefan Widing, President and CEO, and President of Sandvik Manufacturing and Machining Solutions
- Cecilia Felton, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
- Mats Eriksson, President of Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions
- Richard Harris, President of Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions
- Nadine Crauwels, President of the Sandvik Machining Solutions business area segment
- Mattias Nilsson, President of the Sandvik Manufacturing Solutions business area segment
- Johan Kerstell, Executive Vice President and Head of Human Resources
- Björn Roodzant, Executive Vice President and Head of Group Communications and Sustainability
- Sofia Sirvell, Executive Vice President and Chief Digital Officer
- Åsa Thunman, Executive Vice President and General Counsel
In February 2025, Johan Kerstell, Head of Human Resources, was succeeded by Björn Axelsson. It has also been announced that Åsa Thunman, General Counsel, will leave Sandvik no later than July 2025.
The members of the Group Executive Management are presented further in Group Executive Management.
Business areas
The Sandvik operational structure is based on a decentralized business model. There are three separate business areas – Sandvik Mining and Rock Solutions, Sandvik Rock Processing Solutions and Sandvik Manufacturing and Machining Solutions – each based on distinct product offerings. Each business area has full responsibility and accountability for its respective business results.
Sandvik Manufacturing and Machining Solutions is divided into two business area segments – Sandvik Machining Solutions and Sandvik Manufacturing Solutions. Furthermore, each of the three business areas is organized in a number of divisions based on product offering or brand. The division is the highest operational entity in the Sandvik organizational structure. Certain divisions that are based on a product offering are divided into business units representing a defined part of the product offering.
For an overview of the Sandvik organizational model, refer to Value-creating offerings and visit home.sandvik for more detailed information relating to the Group’s business activities and product portfolios.
Group functions
There are five Group functions within Sandvik: Communications and Sustainability, Finance, IT, HR and Legal. Group functions specifically focus on setting the appropriate enabling structures and processes that are common for the Group or cover a specific area for which the Group is responsible.