Today we meet Helena and Ida from our finance department. They keep track of both our customers' and our own finances. A prerequisite for companies to be able to expand as Alf Pettersson AB has done in recent years.
Ida Falkman Hermansson, who is our new financial manager, lives in a red house with white knots in Östadkulle, just outside Alingsås. The house is located on a small hill in the middle of a birch grove and Ida, her husband Jörgen and their children have lived there since the children were small.
Apart from gardening and cultivation, leisure interests include traveling and good food in the company of good friends. With the Gothenburg archipelago as one of their favorite destinations, especially in summer, they enjoy the sea, nature and good food together with good friends.
Ida came to Alf Pettersson AB in January this year and has a solid background in the economic area and has worked in various industries, including banking and real estate. Most recently in a wood processing company in Alingsås.
The most fun part of Ida's job, if you believe Ida herself, is to see the whole picture of the company and to keep the finances in order and to develop and streamline the financial processes.
What we colleagues didn't know before is that Ida is a master at kubb and she will prove it at Alf Petterson AB's summer event on June 21.
Ida's colleague Helena, lives in a newly renovated turn-of-the-century inspired villa in Alingsås with her husband Tony and their two teenagers, aged 16 and 19.
In addition to managing Alf Pettersson AB's administrative tasks, she has also managed various renovation projects at home. She has also found a newfound interest in gardening and cultivation and here at work there are many people who share her passion and who offer their cultivation tips.
Like Ida, Helena loves to travel. When asked about her dream destination, the answer is that it changes all the time, but right now a month-long tour of South America would be the most exciting - "Then Italy is always a favorite regardless of the time of year," Helena adds. Skiing in the Alps, hiking in Cinque Terre or just some food, a glass of wine on a lovely terrace overlooking the Mediterranean, it works with.
Another newfound interest is golf and she took a green card this fall and is now working on her handicap for the company's golf competition AP Masters. More about this competition after the vacation period.
Helena is an experienced economist and administrator who has been part of Alf Pettersson AB for over three years. She comes most recently from a company in the textile industry where she helped customers find the right products but also worked with public procurement, finance and various administrative tasks. She likes structure and orderliness.
When Helena considered changing jobs a few years ago, her plan was to find a company with good values and where her knowledge and experience could fit in, and the opportunity arose at Alf Pettersson AB. Helena thinks it is important to have fun at work. - "Together with your colleagues you become like a big family and it is important that you enjoyyourself". She found what she was looking for at Alf Pettersson AB.
Both Ida and Helena are committed to their roles at work and enjoy being part of a growing company, and the rest of us can see that they are a valuable asset to the company.
The girls were of course asked which dish they would have in their lunch box in the future if they had to choose only one dish. For Ida, it would be taco salad with mango chutney chicken and for Helen it would probably be pasta salad. - "Well, how boring that sounds...",Helena concludes the interview.
Boring or not, we can guarantee that these two girls are not bored at work.
Thank you for the interview and we are happy to have you in our team. We look forward to continued joint achievements in the future.
PS. For those of you who wonder where Karin Axelsson, our former CFO has gone, she is in the background but has chosen to reduce her involvement in the company now that Ida has taken over.
