SJ's chairman of the board Kenneth Bengtsson says to Dagens industri (Di) that the change of CEO is taking place on the initiative of the board and that Lingegård would have liked to stay "for a while longer".
For she also feels that a lot of the hard work she and her colleagues have done is now starting to yield results, even if it's going slowly.
The formal decision to appoint a new CEO was made by the board last week after a recruitment process that began in the spring, according to Bengtsson.
He does not yet want to reveal who has been chosen as Lingegård's successor.
However, she will remain in the position until March 1 next year, when her successor takes over. She has a duty to work during her six-month notice period, but will then receive a parachute of 6.6 million kronor.
Since this is a board decision, a severance pay will be paid out, equivalent to 12 months' salary from March 1, says Kenneth Bengtsson to Di.
According to him, part of the decision to let the 62-year-old Lingegård go is that the board wants to ensure continuity in the CEO position over the next 5-7 years.
To SvD's question of whether Bengtsson's statement can be interpreted as age discrimination, Monica Lingegård responds:
I think like this: I will not comment on this right now. We will release a press release tomorrow.
