Frank Fiskers, 1961
President & Chief Executive Officer
Frank Fiskers was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer in April 2007. Before coming to Scandic, he worked at Hilton as Vice President Operations and has been stationed in Frankfurt, Stockholm, London and Johannesburg. Frank has also been managing director of First Hotels. Before that, he worked for a number of years at Rezidor SAS, where he held a number of key posts, latest as head of Nordic operations.
As a Danish citizen, he went to school in Copenhagen, after which he took various courses at Cornell University in the US, London Business School and IMD Business School in Lausanne. Frank is a member of the World Travel & Tourism Council, a network of 100 global Chief Executive Officers, working in the travel and tourism industry. As well as being a devoted and passionate hotelier, he is a keen runner-having completed in September 2008 the Berlin Marathon.
Lars Axelson, 1961
Senior Vice President Finance & Legal
Lars Axelson was recruited for Scandic in early August 2007, from electronics distributor ELFA, where he was CFO. Before that, he held the same position at Dahl Sverige AB – a company that was purchased, developed and sold by EQT. Lars' financial background also includes positions at Volvo, Securitas and Ovako.
Lars has a degree in economics from Karlstad University (1984), specialising in accounting and finance. He has also completed a number of specialist economics courses and management training at the Stockholm School of Economics IFL Executive Education.
Martin Creydt, 1965Senior Vice President Hotel Operations
Martin Creydt's Scandic career started on 1 September 2007, when he was appointed head of Swedish operations – an area of responsibility which just a few months later was expanded to include all of Scandic's hotel operations. Martin has first-rate experience in the hotel industry. He came to Scandic from the Rezidor Hotel Group, where he was an extremely successful head of Scandinavia. He was also a managing director at Choice Hotels Sweden and before that held the same position for First Hotels.
Martin has a degree in economics from the School of Business, Economics and Law in Gothenburg, specialising in Service Management (1986-1989). Martin has also taken part in several management programmes at Cornell University in the US.
Thomas Engelhart, 1967Senior Vice President Commercial Operations
Thomas Engelhart was made Senior Vice President Commercial Operations at Scandic in August 2007, taking on this new post focusing on brand communication and commercial activities. Areas of responsibility include sales, marketing, distribution, revenue management, Internet, Scandic's frequent guest programme, third parties, strategic partnerships and sponsorship.
Before Thomas came to Scandic, he worked as Vice President within Establishment Services for American Express located in London and with responsibility for the Airline Industry in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He was also a managing director at First Hotels, started and ran his own venture capital firm and has previous experience at Scandic, where he worked as General Manager at Scandic Järva Krog in Stockholm and Scandic Hotel Triangeln in Malmö between 1996 and 1998. During his first time at Scandic, he was involved in developing Scandic's kids' concept, Sigge.
Thomas has an MA in Business Administration from CERAM (1998-2000) in Sophia Antipolis, France, and a BA in Hotel Management from Glion Education Group / Hosta in Switzerland.
Roger Olofsson, 1964Senior Vice President Human Resources
Roger Olofsson was recruited as Senior Vice President Human Resources for Scandic in early August 2007. His career in human resources (HR) started in 1989 when, after a brief spell at Danderyd Hospital in Stockholm, he started at automation and power technology company ABB, where he held several HR management positions during his thirteen years there. Roger was also HR manager at life science companies Amersham Biosciences and GE Healthcare.
Roger Olofsson has an MSc in Human Resources Development and Labour Relations (1985-1989). He has also completed several specialist HR courses during his career.
Jan Peter Bergkvist, 1957Vice President Sustainable Business
Jan Peter "JP" Bergkvist, who has 30 years' experience in the hotel industry, came to Scandic in 1996 as part of the acquisition of Reso Hotels. In the 90s, Jan Peter also worked as Environmental Coordinator for Reso alongside his job as general manager. In 2000, he was made Director Corporate Social Responsibility, Safety and Security for Scandic and then in April 2003 he became Environmental Director for Hilton International. Since the start of 2007, he has been back with us full time as head of all aspects of Scandic's sustainability work.
During his time at Scandic, Jan Peter Bergkvist has seen the chain win several prestigious awards for its focus on environmental and sustainability work.
Last year alone, these included...
STIL's Ace of Hearts award (September 2007), which was set up to encourage individual or collective initiatives which clearly raise awareness of STIL's core concerns, including anti-discrimination, accessibility and the equal value of all citizens.
SLEEP - The European Hotel Design Awards (November 2007), London, in the category "Sustainability Award" for important initiatives in the fields of sustainability and the environment.
MKG Hospitality Awards (November 2007), Paris, in the category "Best CSR Programme" for work in the field of corporate social responsibility, with a focus on the environment, sustainable development, social development and humanitarian initiatives.
Helena Nilsson, 1963Vice President Corporate Communications
Helena Nilsson was appointed Vice President Corporate Communications, with responsibility for financial communication, internal communication and media relations, in June 2008. Before that, she held a similar position at the listed recruitment company Poolia. She has also worked with strategic change communication and as a communications consultant for Swedish firm Appelberg AB. Helena started her career in communications as a journalist at Swedish newspaper Sydsvenska Dagbladet, followed by a post as information officer at Perstorp AB.
Helena has a background as a researcher at the National Defence Research Establishment and the Karolinska Institute. After completing a licentiate degree in medical science, Helena successively broadened her skill set through studies in communications at Lund University, as well as business administration and education at Stockholm University, and most recently through the Communication Executives Programme (2007) at the Stockholm School of Economics.