Peter Arne Ruzicka

Who is Peter Arne Ruzicka?

Peter Arne Ruzicka is a Norwegian businessperson.

His father was Czech, migrated to Norway in 1951 and ultimately became professor of chemistry. Peter Ruzicka took siv.øk. and MBA degrees at Oslo Business School. In 1990 he was hired in Hakon Gruppen by Stein Erik Hagen. He became director of markets in RIMI after nine months, and successively became CEO of RIMI and Hakon Gruppen. From 2000 to 2003 Ruzicka was the CEO of Ahold in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. He then left the conglomerate together with Stein Erik Hagen. Instead, Ruzicka became CEO of Jernia in 2003 and Canica in 2006.

He is chairman of the board of Jernia, Steen og Strøm and G-Sport, and a member of the board of the Orkla Group, Think Global, Komplett and Fritzøe Engros.