STOCKHOLM, Sweden, April 23, 2002 (PRIMEZONE) -- Skanska today announced that Richard Caldera has been appointed Senior Vice President responsible for the Skanska Human Resources Group. He will be based at Skanska's corporate office in the U.S. in Whitestone, New York.
The Human Resources Group under the management of Caldera will focus on a number of strategically decisive HR issues for the Group, including leadership development and talent management. Another important objective is to create conditions for increased coordination and skills exchange between the business units of the Group.
Caldera, 45, served most recently as Senior Vice President Human Resources at CNA Financial Corporation in Chicago, Illinois. Between 1980 and 1998, he held various human resources positions within Amoco Corporation, including four years as personnel director for Europe, based in Switzerland.
At the same time, a new position is being created within the Human Resources Group in which Birgitta Jonsson has been appointed Benefits & Compensation Manager. Her responsibilities include developing functional benefit and compensation systems. Jonsson worked previously with these issues within Skanska Financial Services.
Peter Gimbe has been appointed Press at Corporate Communications with responsibility for Skanska's media contacts. Gimbe has several years of journalistic experience, most recently as news editor at the Swedish business daily Finanstidningen and editor-in-chief of the Fastighetsvarlden trade publication.
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