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SKF Appoints Senior Vice President, Group Business Transformation

SKF recently announced the appointment of Lars Wilsby as Senior Vice President, Group Business Transformation. 
 
In his new role, Wilsby will be responsible for Group IT and Demand Chain processes, reporting to Tom Johnstone, SKF President and CEO. Wilsby’s appointment is effective January 1, 2012.
 
Wilsby previously served as Director, Vehicle Service Market, SKF Automotive Division. He joined SKF in 2005 and held several managerial positions within SKF Automotive Division. Prior to joining SKF, he was a partner in McKinsey & Company, Inc. Scandinavia.
 
With this appointment, Magnus Johansson, currently Senior Vice President, Group Demand Chain will take up the role of Director, Vehicle Service Market, SKF Automotive Division.
 
SKF is a leading global supplier of bearings, seals, mechatronics, lubrication systems, and services including technical support, maintenance and reliability services, engineering consulting and training. SKF is represented in more than 130 countries and has 15,000 distributor locations worldwide. Annual sales in 2010 were SEK 61,029 million and the number of employees was 44,742.