Rego, currently Senior Executive Vice President and President of Atlas Copco’s Compressor Technique business area, will replace Mats Rahmström who has requested to leave his position after successfully leading the group since 2017.
“Vagner Rego is an appreciated leader with a proven track-record in successfully growing and developing the Compressor Technique business area”, said Hans Stråberg, chair of the Atlas Copco board. “With his extensive experience and in-depth business and technology knowledge he is very well suited to lead and further develop the Group”.
Rego joined Atlas Copco in 1996 as a trainee engineer in Brazil. In 2006 he was appointed Business Line Manager for Compressor Technique Service in Brazil and in 2010, he became Vice President Marketing and Sales for the Compressor Technique Service division, based in Belgium. He has also been General Manager for Power Technique’s Customer Center in Brazil. Before he took on his current position in 2017, he was president for the Compressor Technique Service division.
As president and CEO, Rego will be based in Stockholm, Sweden.
