Fazer Leadership Team

The Fazer Leadership Team consists of the CEO (Chairman), the Managing Directors (MD) or Heads of the Business Areas, and the Heads of certain Group functions. The duties of the Fazer Leadership Team are to support the CEO in his/her tasks and to draft propositions to the Board. The Fazer Leadership Team also e.g. coordinates operations across the Group and secures efficient operations on Group level. The current Fazer Leadership Team comprises Christoph Vitzthum (CEO & President, Chairman), Jouni Grönroos (CFO & Deputy CEO), Jenni Gallagher (EVP Head of People), Markus Hellström (MD Fazer Confectionery), Sebastian Jägerhorn (EVP Legal & Compliance), Mats Liedholm (MD Fazer Lifestyle Foods), Joséphine Mickwitz (EVP Communications & Sustainability) and Lara Saulo (EVP, Head of Fazer Bakery Business Area & Group Transformation). Andreas Berggren (MD Fazer Food Services) was a member of the Group Management Team until 31.1.2020 when the sale of Fazer Food Services to Compass Group was closed, Nathalie Ahlström (MD Fazer Confectionery) until 30.9.2020, Ulrika Romantschuk (EVP Communications & Branding) until 31.10.2020 and Marko Bergholm (MD Fazer Bakery Finland) from 1.10.2020 until 28.2.2021. Markus Hellström became member of the Fazer Leadership Team on 1.10.2020, Joséphine Mickwitz on 9.11.2020 and Jenni Gallagher on 1.3.2021. 

Christoph Vitzthum
b. 1969
Master of Economic Sciences
President and CEO, 
Fazer Group

Jouni Grönroos
b. 1965
Master of Economic Sciences
CFO and Deputy CEO, 
Fazer Group

Jenni Gallagher
b. 1972
Bachelor of Arts (Business & Human Resources Management), Postgraduate degree (Human Resource Strategies)
Head of People and Executive Vice President, Fazer Group

 

Markus Hellström 
b. 1974 
Master of Science (Engineering) 
Managing Director, Fazer Confectionery and Executive Vice President, Fazer Group

Sebastian Jägerhorn
b. 1969
Master of Laws
Master of Economic Sciences
Legal and Executive Vice President, 
Fazer Group

Mats Liedholm
b. 1965
Master of Sciences (Marketing and
International Business)
Managing Director,
Fazer Lifestyle Foods and
Executive Vice President,
Fazer Group

Joséphine Mickwitz
b. 1968
Master of Economic Sciences 
Communications & Sustainability and Executive Vice President
Fazer Group

Lara Saulo
b.1972
Master of Economic Sciences
Head of Fazer Bakery Business Area & Group Transformation and
Executive Vice President,
Fazer Group

Fazer Group also has an extended Fazer Leadership Team. In addition to the members of the Fazer Leadership Team, the extended Fazer Leadership Team also includes VP, Marketing, Fazer Group Aaron Barsness, the Managing Director of Fazer Bakery Finland, Marko Bergholm, the Managing Director of Fazer Bakery Baltics and Head of Strategy, Fazer Bakery Business Area, Klavs Berzins, Head of Fazer Group Procurement Bengt Erlandsson, the Managing Director of Fazer Bakery Russia Vladimir Kalyavin, the Managing Director of Fazer Bakery Sweden Petri Kujala, the Managing Director of Commercial Units at Fazer Confectionery Tom Lindblad and the Managing Director of Fazer Retail Johan Rosenblom.