Aug 24, 2011. /Lesprom Network/. Urban Eriksson is to be the new CEO of Södra Interiör. He will be leaving his position as President of Södra Skog and Director of Forestry at Södra. At the same time Håkan Svensson, current CEO of Södra Interiör, will be leaving his position and taking over as the new President of Södra Skog and Director of Forestry, as the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network. "Fortunate circumstances mean that we are able to reposition ourselves with the best interests of everyone at heart. Both Urban and Håkan are men of outstanding calibre, and they have both expressed a great deal of interest in this reshuffle," says Leif Brodén. Urban Eriksson has been Director of Forestry at Södra for four years. Prior to that, he was Vice President and Acting Group President at Sveaskog. Urban Eriksson is 52 years old and has a solid background in forestry. He is a certified forester and doctor of silviculture, and he also holds an MBA. Urban was formerly Head of Research at Skogforsk, and he spent ten years in various positions at AssiDomän and, later, Sveaskog. Urban was also the CEO of Svenska Skogsplantor. Håkan Svensson, 46, has been the CEO of Södra Interiör, formerly Gapro, since 2005. Immediately prior to this, he was the CEO of Bengtssons Maskin in Stockholm, a company forming part of the listed technology trading group Indutrade. The switchover will take place on 1 September 2011.