SAS Group, which includes airlines such as Scandinavian Airlines, Blue1, Air Baltic and Spanair, is to lose executive vice president and head of corporate administration and support Bernhard Rikardsen, following clashes with new CEO Mats Jansson.
”Now that a new CEO has taken office, I believe it is the right opportunity for me to leave my position,” says Rikardsen. ”I wish the new management team the best of luck with the further development of SAS.”
Despite highlighting the differences of opinion between them, Mats Jansson (pictured right) was keen to stress that the decision was mutual: ”The reason that Bernhard Rikardsen is leaving his position is that I would like to renew such areas as human resources,” he said. ”Therefore, after a period of discussion, we concluded that the best solution would be to go separate ways. I would like to thank Bernhard Rikardsen for his valuable contributions to SAS for many years.”