Autoliv announced that Petra Albuschus will join the company as executive vice president, human resources and sustainability and will become a member of the Autoliv executive management team.

Albuschus will succeed Per Ericson, who will retire.

Albuschus joins Autoliv from Swedish retail company ICA Gruppen AB, where she serves as chief human resources officer and a member of the ICA Gruppen executive management team. In her career, Albuschus has accumulated valuable leadership and logistics experience from ICA Gruppen and from Procter & Gamble.

Albuschus is expected to start at Autoliv no later than Nov. 15. She will report to Mikael Bratt, president and CEO of Autoliv.

“I am pleased to welcome Petra to Autoliv,” said Mikael Bratt, president and CEO of Autoliv. “Her expertise and experience in leadership and management development from global roles in retail and consumer goods will be a valuable addition to the Autoliv management team.

“From managing the task force that addressed the challenges related to the pandemic to the formalization and announcement of our climate targets, I would like to thank Per Ericson for his valued contributions to Autoliv.”