Andra AP-fonden (AP2) has appointed Cecilia Wide as new Head of Communications. The appointment is a strategic move to strengthen both communications and sustainability through dedicated leadership roles. Cecilia will assume her new position on 1 September 2026 and will join AP2’s Executive Management Team.

Cecilia Wide brings more than 20 years of experience in strategic and operational communications within complex organisations with important public missions. She most recently spent 14 years at Akademiska Hus, latterly as Director of Marketing and Communications.

“We are delighted to welcome Cecilia to AP2. She is an experienced and strategic communications leader with a proven ability to build trust, explain complex issues and develop communications that support organisational objectives. Her experience of both executive leadership and organisations with public missions makes her exceptionally well suited to lead and further develop AP2’s communications,” says Eva Halvarsson, CEO of AP2.

The change means that Åsa Norman, currently Head of Communications and Sustainability, will move to a dedicated role as Head of Sustainability at AP2. This will allow her to focus fully on leading and further developing the Fund’s sustainability work, while AP2 strengthens its communications function through the creation of a separate Head of Communications role.

“Åsa has done an outstanding job leading and developing AP2’s communications while at the same time building and strengthening our sustainability work. As she now transitions into a dedicated role as Head of Sustainability, I am very pleased that we can simultaneously welcome Cecilia as our new Head of Communications. Together, this provides AP2 with a strong foundation to continue developing both areas,” says Eva Halvarsson.

“AP2 has an important public mission and plays a central role in the Swedish pension system. I am very much looking forward to becoming part of the organisation and, together with my colleagues, continuing to develop clear and factual communications that build trust. I also look forward to strengthening dialogue with the Fund’s stakeholders and increasing awareness of AP2’s mission and operations,” says Cecilia Wide.

As Head of Communications, Cecilia Wide will be responsible for AP2’s internal and external communications, media relations, digital channels and strategic communications matters.

For further information please contact:
Eva Halvarsson, CEO, eva.halvarsson@ap2.se

Photographer: Olof Holdar