Karin Öhrström named new airport director of Malmö Airport

Swedavia has appointed Karin Öhrström to be the new airport director of Malmö Airport. She currently works at E.ON Energilösningar as Head of Customer & Salesand has extensive experience from her previous management positions and duties. She will assume her new duties September 1, 2020.

“We at Swedavia would like to warmly welcome Karin to our company and to the aviation industry. I am both proud and pleased that we have recruited Karin as the new airport director of Malmö Airport. Her knowledge and experience will be a major addition to the airport and to Swedavia. Our ambition is to continue developing Malmö Airport as an important regional airport that contributes to access in southern Sweden and to continue driving our climate change work,” says Susanne Norman, director of regional airports at Swedavia.

Karin Öhrström has worked for more than 20 years at the energy services provider E.ON, where she as had various management positions and duties in Sweden but also in Germany. She will succeed Peter Weinhandl, who has been the airport director since 2012 and will retire in September this year.

“This is a new and exciting industry for me, one that nevertheless has surprisingly many similarities with the energy sector. Swedavia has an inspiring social remit, a clear customer focus and wants to lead the way in areas that are important to me. This includes regional access and growth as well as the aviation industry’s transformation in the face of climate change, but also gender equality and sustainability. I am really looking forward to taking on my new duties together with all the employees at Malmö Airport,” says Karin Öhrström.

Karin Öhrström, who is 49 years old, has a Master’s degree in engineering from Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering and lives in Barsebäck.

For further information, please contact Swedavia’s press office by phone at +46 (0)10-109 01 00 or at press@swedavia.se.