Axfood AB (publ) announced Karin Hedlund will be the new Head of IT at Axfood with responsibility for the Axfood Group's IT operations and strategy as well as the company's extensive IT development plan. Most recently, Karin Hedlund served as Head of IT (CIO) at Lantmännen for more than seven years. Prior to her role at Lantmännen, she held leading positions at Ericsson and Accenture with a focus on IT and business development within the food retail sector and telecom, as well as different board positions. Karin is familiar with Axfood as she during seven years after the turn of the millennium was development manager at Axfood IT. Axfood IT has played an essential role in the success and growth of the Axfood Group. Continuing to develop and operate the IT environment for the Group and be at the forefront in terms of digital development and using new technologies will continue to be fundamental, not least within digital customer meetings, work approach and in the area of logistics. As Head of IT, Karin Hedlund is responsible for the Group's IT operations and strategic agenda, to further improve the company's efforts both on a central level and for the Group's different brands, and operate Axfood's larger IT development projects across the Group. Karin Hedlund will assume her position as Head of IT on 1 November and will be a member of Axfood's Executive Committee. She succeeds the former Head of IT Jan Lindmark who is retiring after 20 years at Axfood. Klas Balkow would like to thank Jan for the successful work that has laid the foundation for Axfood to now take the next step within the IT area.