Claes Jacobsson will relace Hans-Christer Holgersson as managing director of Scania (Great Britain) on 1 September 2013.
Jacobsson is currently senior vice president financial services for Scania at the company's headquarters in Södertälje, Sweden.
Claes Jacobsson joined Scania CV AB in 1999 as director, business development with Scania Customer Finance before becoming head of Scania Customer Finance and moving to his current role in 2003.
"The UK has been a key market for Scania for almost half a century and I am looking forward to continuing to build upon the excellent foundations laid by my predecessors," states Jacobsson.
Holgersson is to continue on the Scania board at group level.
