Magnus Nicolin

Possessing years of professional experience in a wide range of industries, Magnus Nicolin has held positions with international businesses like McKinsey & Co., Bayer AG, Newell Rubbermaid, and Esselte. Magnus Nicolin’s extensive record of success includes driving effective turnarounds, mergers and acquisitions, integrations, and divestitures.

Fluent in three languages, Magnus Nicolin currently serves as the CEO of Ansell - the $1.2Billion leader in hand protection. Magnus assumed the CEO role in February of 2010 of this public company trading on the Sydney stock-exchange but headquartered in Redbank NJ just south of New York City. Ansell is the global leader in protective gloves for the Surgical use as well as in food service, industrial protection, construction, military, mining and agriculture just to name a few. In addition the company is the no. 2 company globally in the Sexual Health business providing condoms and other products to markets in North America, Brazil, EMEA, India, China and Australia just to name some of its most important markets.
Prior to joining Ansell, Magnus was President of Newell Rubbermaid EMEA and APAC, where he oversaw the entirety of the firm’s operations, including sales, marketing, and distribution. Magnus Nicolin concentrated his efforts on boosting efficiency in operations through the integration of independent Rubbermaid divisions and the rationalization of excess distribution, manufacturing, sales, and marketing facilities. Newell Rubbermaid’s GM increased, SG&A decreased, and operations returned to profitability

Before joining Newell Rubbermaid, Magnus Nicolin held various executive roles with top companies such as Esselte, Bayer, Pitney Bowes, and McKinsey & Co. During his tenure with Esselte, Magnus maintained P&L responsibility for $500 million in sales as Chief Operations Officer, and later as President and CEO of this $1.1B company. Magnus Nicolin’s overhaul of operations resulted in major growth for the firm’s businesses across the globe and later to the successful divestiture of one of its divisions for $725M. This divestiture of one disvision accounting for 20% of sales allowed the company to pay down its LBO debt and provide a 100% dividend to shareholders in 2006.