Swedish staffing firm Wise Group’s executive search subsidiary K2 Search Group announced that its CEO Johan Segergren has resigned from the company.

The group stated that the recruitment of a replacement will begin immediately. Katarina Scheele, Vice President of K2, has been appointed acting CEO from 1 April 2018.

Segergren has served in various positions within the Wise Group for 19 years including as Co-Founder and CEO of Wise Consulting.

Wise Group CEO Ingrid Höög commented on Segergren’s departure, "Johan has been a very appreciated CEO of K2 and I would like to thank him a lot for this and for his contribution to Wise Group's positive development over the many years he has been work here. Johan has largely contributed to the leading market position the group has today.”