New CEO for Packbridge – Per-Stefan Gersbro is moving on

At the AGM on April 23rd at Media Evolution Center in Malmö, Per-Stefan Gersbro announced that he will be leaving his position on 1 October this year. A new CEO has been found by internal recruitment inside the organisation. Per-Stefan Gersbro is one of the founders of Packbridge, which was created in 2010, and he has been its CEO since that date.

During the spring, under the leadership of chairman Per Nyström, the board has sought a suitable replacement. The new CEO from October 1st will be Johan Mårtensson, who has been active inside Packbridge since the end of 2012 as a project manager working with the development of cross cluster collaboration and how to create collaboration between industries. Before he came to Packbridge, he was Group Marketing Manager at ÅR Carton. He had also occupied the same role at PartnerTech.

“The board is looking forward to the new start that a new, young CEO naturally implies”, says Per Nyström.

“There is no perfect time, but now is a good time. It’s optimal in terms of projects, and the best possible time privately, and I can confidently hand over the baton to an experienced team member”, says Per-Stefan Gersbro.

“My idea for Packbridge came at the end of 2008. Immediately after that I had my first meeting with the people who would be the founders of Packbridge AB”.

“Today Packbridge is the biggest packaging cluster in Europe with in excess of 200 members and many collaboration partners in different places across the world. Strong brands, such as Top Packaging Summit by Packbridge, Packbridge Research Forum and OpenUp, have been created. Through our seminars, which are always broadcast live, visibility has been created around everything happening within the packaging field. A vocational course in packaging technology is in its third year in Eslöv, and Packbridge member companies are engaged in several interesting future projects”.

“It has been an exciting and inspirational journey, with a wonderful team. I am proud and happy about the board’s choice of successor. Johan Mårtensson has long been involved with Packbridge and as CEO he will have the opportunity to take the organisation to the next level”

“Packbridge is a fantastic cluster and I look forward to moving development further after Per-Stefan Gersbro. The future offers a number of challenges within different areas, the boundaries between industries are being blurred and it is important to have meeting places such as clusters to stimulate innovation and discussion”, says Johan Mårtensson.