Feb 09, 2011. /Lesprom Network/. Birgitta Sundblad has been appointed as new President of Innventia AB, a research and innovation company. She will take up her position on 1 July 2011, when the current President, Professor Gunnar Svedberg, is retiring, as the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network. At present, Birgitta Sundblad is the Global Director of AFH (Away from Home) Tissue Product Development and Innovation at SCA, where she has had various appointments for a little more than 12 years. Throughout her career, Birgitta has worked with research and development, in which she has had several leading positions in the chemical and forest industries. “Birgitta Sundblad’s experience in research and development work, with its emphasis on the customer and consumer, will strengthen the development of Innventia in being a world-leading innovation partner,” states Director Mats Nordlander, Chairperson of the Innventia Board. Birgitta Sundblad comments, “I feel both proud and honoured to be given this challenge. I believe that my experience as manager of interdisciplinary teams will be a very good foundation for building a strong, well structured company, together with everyone at Innventia, not only to meet the challenges of today but also of the future.” Innventia AB is a world leader in research and development relating to pulp, paper, graphic media, packaging and biorefining.