May 10, 2012. /Lesprom Network/. Peter Nilsson has chosen to leave Södra. Peter has been Södra Timber's CEO since 2005. Södra's Forest Director, Håkan Svensson, has been appointed acting CEO for Södra Timber, until a new CEO has been recruited. Håkan Svensson will retain the position of Forest Director at Södra, as the company said in a press release received by Lesprom Network.