Stefan Gardefjord

Bio

Stefan Gardefjord became president and CEO of SSC in 2012. Most recently, he served as CEO of Logica Sweden, the country’s largest IT services company, as well as served on the group executive committee of Logica Plc (London Stock Exchange – FTSE 100).
With an IT career spanning more than 25 years, Gardefjord has held numerous senior management positions. He spent nearly two decades with the Nordic WM-data group, later assuming the role of CEO of WM-data Sweden, which was acquired by Logica 2012.
Trained as an analyst/programmer, Gardefjord began his career at Dow Chemical Company, where he became IT manager in the Nordic countries.
Gardefjord is a past chairman of the Swedish IT and Telecom Employers Association and is currently a non-executive director of the publicly listed BTS Group (Nasdaq OMX Nordic), and a non-executive director of Knowit Plc (Nasdaq OMX Nordic). Gardefjord is also a past chairman of SAI – Swedish Aerospace Industries – the trade organization and interest association for the civil aviation and space industry in Sweden.