Petter Sylvan new CFO at AcadeMedia

Petter Sylvan has been appointed CFO and member of the executive management team at AcadeMedia. He will assume the position on 4 March 2024.

- I am very pleased to welcome Petter Sylvan as new CFO at AcadeMedia. His leadership skills, long experience as CFO, and experience from taking on broad responsibility with a focus on developing the business will be important for AcadeMedia’s future development, says Marcus Strömberg CEO of AcadeMedia.

Petter Sylvan is currently CFO at Avonova. Before that, he was at Profoto where he worked for 17 years, 15 of them as CFO. His responsibilities also included HR and IT. As CFO, he took Profoto to the stock exchange in 2021. Petter Sylvan has a master's degree in Automation Technology from Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg and an Executive MBA from Stockholm School of Economics.

- I am very much looking forward to starting at AcadeMedia, a company that makes a difference both for individuals and for society at large. It is an organization that is constantly developing and improving, and I hope to contribute with the experience and knowledge I have, says Petter Sylvan.

For more information, please contact:
Hanna Clausén, IR
Telephone: +46 8 794 42 62
E-mail: [email protected]

About AcadeMedia
AcadeMedia creates opportunities for people to develop. The 19,400 employees at our 700 preschools, compulsory schools, upper secondary schools and adult education centres share a common focus on quality and development. Our 198,000 children and students are provided with a high quality education, giving them the best conditions to attain both learning objectives and their full potential as individuals. AcadeMedia is Northern Europe ́s largest education company, with locations/facilities/presence in Sweden, Norway, Germany, and Netherlands. Our size gives us the capacity to be a robust, long term partner to the communities we serve. More information about AcadeMedia is available on www.academedia.se.