Swedish company Hövding, maker of an airbag collar for cyclists, has recruited Per Holmqvist as the company’s new CFO, effective mid-June 2021. Holmqvist was most recently head of group business control at Heimstaden, a Swedish real estate development company. Before that, he led the controlling at Bygghemma Group Nordic, a business service company focused on e-commerce, and held various controller positions at Orkla Foods Sverige and Nordsjö, a Swedish retail chain for wall paint.
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