By Greta Rosen Fondahn and Helen Reid

MALMO, Sweden (Reuters) -Inter IKEA Group CEO Jon Abrahamsson Ring will step down at the end of the year, the owner of the world’s biggest furniture brand said on Thursday, with Jakub Jankowski taking over as trade tensions and U.S. tariffs loom over the sector.

Jankowski, the 49-year-old Polish managing director of IKEA Industry, the group’s manufacturing business, will become group CEO on January 1, 2026. He has previously held roles in Poland, Romania, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Sweden.

In an interview, Jankowski told Reuters that he planned to ensure Inter IKEA Group, which supplies furniture and franchises the brand to IKEA retailers globally, met the demands of a customer base coping with global economic headwinds.

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