Fredrik Gustafson
Vice President & Head of Group Business Development, Saab AB

Mr Gustafson took up his position in September 2024.

Prior to becoming Head of Group Business Development, Fredrik was previously Head of Marketing and Sales at Saab’s Kockums business area, which focuses on Saab’s naval and maritime portfolio.

Fredrik joined Saab in 2000 and in his time at the company has had a variety of roles focusing on marketing and sales. These included managing Gripen campaigns in Norway and Brazil, and more recently as Senior Campaign Director in the Netherlands and Head of Marketing and Sales for Saab Kockums.

A fluent Spanish speaker, Fredrik has also been Managing Director of Saab in Chile, Head of Marketing and Sales for Latin America, and later Head of Region Latin America.

Before joining Saab, Mr Gustafson spent over 10 years in the Swedish Air Force, leaving with the rank of Lieutenant. He was a Technical Officer at the F6 and F10 air force wings and graduated from the Swedish Air Force Officers’ Academy and the Swedish Air Force Technical School, before later studying at the Swedish Air Force War College. He has also spent two years volunteering in Bolivia as an aviation mechanic and working with social programmes d.

Mr Gustafson has also studied at the University of Lund and University of Örebro.

Mr Gustafson has over 30 years of experience in the defence sector and in marketing and sales in Sweden, Latin America and Europe. He has served as Head of Marketing and Sales at a number of areas within Saab.

Saab AB

Saab serves the global market with world-leading products, services and solutions within military defence and civil security. Saab has operations and employees on all continents around the world. Through innovative, collaborative and pragmatic thinking, Saab develops, adopts and improves new technology to meet customers’ changing needs.

In 2026, Saab had a revenue of 79 MDSEK and employed ~30,000 employees worldwide.