SAS AB appointed a Chief Strategy Officer to Group Management. Karl Sandlund becomes Executive Vice President Strategic Initiatives, with responsibility for a new department focusing on strategy development. Karl Sandlund is currently Vice President Network & Partners, with strategic responsibility for the SAS network. Karl was recruited to SAS in 2004 from McKinsey and has worked on strategy issues for SAS in a variety of managerial positions. Karl Sandlund will be responsible for a new department within SAS called Strategic Initiatives. In addition to strategy development at group level, the department will be responsible for driving cross-organizational projects, and for the continued streamlining of the company through the
implementation of LEAN, among other initiatives. Karl Sandlund takes up his new role on February 1, 2014.