Rolv Erik Ryssdal has been CEO of Schibsted since 1 June 2009. He joined the Schibsted Group in 1991 and has held several management positions including CEO of Aftonbladet from 1999-2005, CEO of VG from 2005-2008, and CEO of Schibsted Classified Media, the holding company for Schibsted’s international online classifieds operations from 2008-2009.

Schibsted is a Scandinavian media group with approximately 7,500 employees spread across 26 countries. In 2009, the group implemented two major organisational developments – one in Sweden and the other in Norway – to create editorial and commercial collaborations among its titles in each country in order to take advantage of economies of scale.