Björn Alegren appointed President of SGS

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.

Hans-Otto Halvorsen, who has been President of SGS since 2003, will leave his position following a decision made mutually with Group management.

The above changes will occur on September 3.