Måns Johansson

President, Canfor Europe

Måns Johansson was appointed as President of Canfor Europe in July 2023 and served as CEO of Vida Group from 2019 to 2025; beginning the same year Canfor acquired Sweden’s largest privately owned sawmill company. Prior to that, he served as Managing Director of Vida Wood from 2004 to 2019. Over the years, Måns helped Vida become the Nordic countries’ largest supplier of wood packaging.

With over 20 years in the forestry industry and with Vida, Måns’ brings his strong customer mindset and innovative approach as a global supplier of sustainable Swedish wood products to the Canfor brand.

He has been a board member of the Swedish Forest Industry since 2008. Måns was a board member of the European Organisaton of Sawmills (EOS) from 2009 to 2016 and he was the Chairman/President of EOS from 2014 to 2015.

Canfor Corporation

  • Susan Yurkovich

    President and Chief Executive Officer, Canfor Corporation

  • Stephen Mackie

    Chief Operating Officer, Canfor Corporation President & Chief Executive Officer, Canfor Pulp

  • Måns Johansson

    President, Canfor Europe

  • Pat Elliott

    Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary

  • David Trent

    Senior Vice President, Business Development

  • Katy Player

    Senior Vice President, People

  • Kevin Pankratz

    Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing

Canfor Pulp

  • Stephen Mackie

    President & CEO

  • Pat Elliott

    Chief Financial Officer & Corporate Secretary

  • Brian Yuen

    Vice President, Sales and Marketing