Jan-Åke Jonsson (born September 18, 1951) was the managing director of Saab Automobile AB from April 1, 2005, to March 25, 2011.
He currently sits as Chairman of the Board for Polstiernan Industri AB.
Born in Valdemarsvik, Sweden, Jonsson received a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Uppsala University and first joined Saab-Scania's Automobile Division in Nyköping in 1973.
He held a variety of positions in Systems Development until becoming a Director for Aftersales & Services of Saab in Trollhättan in 1990.
In 2010 he Received the Swedish Business Award for Outstanding Achievements of the first magnitude from the West Swedish Chamber of Commerce and Industry for decisive action for the western Swedish industry, regarding the way he led Saab Automobile through a restructuring process and protracted sale negotiations that continued for over a year.