Natural Resources >> CEO Interviews >> October 25, 1999
LARS FRITHIOF is Chief Executive Officer of Sydkraft AB. In 1967, he
graduated with a Civil Engineering degree from the Institute of
Technology in Sweden. He was awarded a Master of Arts in Business
Administration from the University of Lund in 1973, and in 1993,
followed an Advanced Management Programme at the Stockholm School of
Economics. He started his career in 1967, working for P.Danewids
Consulting Engineers AB. In 1973, he joined Skanska AB, working,
firstly, in the Department of Houses and Properties, and then in the
Foreign Projects Department, and finally in Staff Unit for International
Financing, before leaving the company to take up the post of Finance
Director at Sydkraft AB in 1988. In 1992, he was promoted to Senior
Executive Vice President, in 1996, he became Senior Executive Vice
President and Deputy CEO, and in 1998, became President and CEO of the
company. Profile
TWST: Start us off with a bit of a historical summary on Sydkraft, fromyour own perspective, a background that gives us a context for what you
see as the company and business of today.
Mr.