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The SAS Group has appointed Björn Alegren as new President of its subsidiary SAS Ground Services
(SGS).
Björn Alegren has a solid background within SAS, having held many senior positions, including station manager at Arlanda, area manager in
several foreign markets and regional manager for Europe and the Middle East. He has also been head of SAS International and President of
the subsidiary European Aeronautical Group. He has been V.P. Corporate Purchasing and Chief Purchasing Officer since 2005.
At the same time, Patrik Knutsson has been appointed new V.P. Corporate Purchasing and Chief Purchasing Officer of the SAS Group.
Patrik Knutsson, who is an economics graduate with a solid background in purchasing,
joined SAS from the company IBX, which specializes in purchasing solutions, where his work included software responsibility for a strategic purchasing cooperation project with SAS. Prior to
this, he was head of purchasing for mobile operator "3".
Hans-Otto Halvorsen, who has been President of SGS since 2003,
has left his position following a decision made mutually with group management.
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