JESPER BRODIN TITLE : CEO COMPANY : IKEA INDUSTRY : HOME FURNISHING LOCATION : NETHERLANDS
LIFETIME OF ACHIEVEMENT IN SUSTAINABILITY
Have fun ” is not your average piece of advice from a CEO at a huge multinational company . But Jesper Brodin is not really your average CEO .
A one-company man for 28 years , Jesper has been the CEO of Ingka Group | IKEA since September 2017 . And his style is as modern and laid back as the furniture that appears in so many of our homes .
Climbing the IKEA ladder Jesper was born in Gothenburg , Sweden , and holds a Master ’ s degree in Industrial Engineering from Chalmers University of Technology , Sweden .
He joined IKEA in 1995 as the company ’ s Purchase Manager in Pakistan . In 1997 , he became Range and Supply Manager in Southeast Asia . In 1999 , he became the assistant to Ingvar Kamprad and Anders Dahlvig , CEO of IKEA Group at the time .
The globetrotting resumed in 2008 , when Jesper moved to China to become Regional Purchase Manager before becoming Supply Chain Manager of IKEA in Sweden three years later .
Another promotion followed – as CEO of IKEA Range & Supply , Jesper was responsible for the development of the product range and supply chain of the IKEA Brand .
Finally , he succeeded Peter Agnefjäll as CEO of Ingka Group in September 2017 .
JESPER BRODIN TITLE : CEO COMPANY : IKEA INDUSTRY : HOME FURNISHING LOCATION : NETHERLANDS
Jesper joined IKEA in 1995 as Purchase Manager in Pakistan , then Range and Supply Manager in Southeast Asia .
In 1999 , he became the assistant to Ingvar Kamprad and Anders Dahlvig , CEO of IKEA Group at the time .
In 2008 , Jesper moved to China to become Regional Purchase Manager , then to Sweden as Supply Chain Manager of IKEA .
Via being CEO of IKEA Range & Supply , he succeeded Peter Agnefjäll as CEO of Ingka Group in September 2017 .
24 August 2022