Axford AB, one of the largest food groups in Scandinavia, has today (23 March) named Håkan Åkerström as president of Dagad, the Swedish firm’s wholesale division, effective as of next Monday.

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Åkerström was previously president of Storel AB, and had served as head of logistics and IT at AB Lindex.


Åkerström said that he intends to enhance sales “by developing the integration between the wholesale operations and Axfood’s stores.”

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