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Management
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Carl-Henric Svanberg
President and CEO and member of the Board of Directors (since 2003)
Born 1952, Master of Science, Linköping Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University of Uppsala. Carl-Henric Svanberg holds honorary doctorates at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden, and Linköping University of Technology, Sweden.
Chairman: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.
Board Member: The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Melker Schörling AB and University of Uppsala.
Holdings in Ericsson *: 3,202,528 Class B shares
Background: President and CEO of Assa Abloy AB (1994–2003). Various positions within Securitas AB (1986–1994) and ABB Group (1977–1985).
Carl-Henric Svanberg has decided to leave his position as President and CEO as of December 31, 2009, to take on the position as chairman of BP.
Carl-Henric Svanberg
Hans Vestberg
First Executive Vice President
Born 1965, Bachelor in Business Administration, University of Uppsala. Board Member: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Svenska Handbollsförbundet. Holdings in Ericsson *: 18,920 Class B shares. Background: Prior to this position Hans Vestberg was Chief Financial Officer and Head of Group Function Finance (since October 2007). Prior that Executive Vice President and Head of Business Unit Global Services, he has also held various positions in the Company since 1988, including Vice President and Head of Market Unit Mexico and Head of Finance and Control in US A, Brazil and Chile.
Hans Vestberg has been appointed President and CEO as of January 1, 2010. Hans Vestberg
Jan Frykhammar
Chief Financial Officer and Head of Group Function Finance and as of January 1, 2010 also Executive Vice President. Until a successor has been appointed remaining as Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit Global Services.
Born 1965. Bachelor of Business Administration and Economics, University of Uppsala.
Holdings in Ericsson*: 906 Class B shares.
Background: Prior to this position Jan Frykhammar was Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit Global Services (since January 2008). Jan joined Ericsson in 1991 and has held various positions such as Sales and Business Control in Business Unit Global Services, CFO in North America and Vice President, Finance and Commercial within the Global Customer Account Vodafone.
Jan Frykhammar has been appointed CFO and Head of Group Function Finance as of November 1, 2009. Until a successor has been appointed remaining as Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit Global Services.
Jan Frykhammar
Håkan Eriksson
Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and Head of Group Function Technology & Portfolio Management. Effective January 1, 2010 also Head of Ericsson in Silicon Valley.
Born 1961, Master of Science and Honorary Ph D, Linköping Institute of Technology. Board member: Linköping University and Anoto. Holdings in Ericsson *: 18,618 Class B shares Background: Prior to assuming this position, Håkan Eriksson was Senior Vice President and Head of Research and Development. He has held various positions within Ericsson since 1986. Håkan Eriksson
Douglas L. Gilstrap
Senior Vice President and Head of Group Function Strategy (since 2009)
Born 1963, Bachelor in accounting from the University of Richmond, Master in Business Administrations from Emory University in Atlanta, executive program at INSEAD, France.
Background: Prior to assuming this position, Douglas L. Gilstrap was CFO and Co-Founder of Asia Pacific Exploration Consolidated (APEC) and also held various global managerial positions in different companies within the telecommunications and IT sector, for more than 15 years.
Douglas L. Gilstrap
Marita Hellberg
Senior Vice President and Head of Group Function Human Resources and Organization (since 2003)
Born 1955, Bachelor of Human Resources Management, Stockholm University, Advanced Management Program, Cedep, France. Board Member: Utbildningsradion. Holdings in Ericsson *: 23,325 Class B shares Background: Prior to assuming this position, Marita Hellberg was Senior Vice President of Human Resources of the NCC Group. Marita Hellberg
Carl Olof Blomqvist
Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Head of Group Function Legal Affairs (since 1999)
Born 1951, Master of Law, LL M, University of Uppsala. Holdings in Ericsson *: 1,216 Class A shares and 24,911 Class B shares Background: Prior to assuming this position, Carl Olof Blomqvist was a partner of Mannheimer Swartling law firm. Carl Olof Blomqvist
Henry Sténson
Senior Vice President and Head of Group Function Communications (since 2002)
Born 1955, Studied law, sociology and political science, Linköping University and at the Swedish War Academy, Karlberg, Stockholm. Board member: Stronghold and the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce. Holdings in Ericsson *: 17,403 Class B shares. Background: Prior to assuming this position, Henry Sténson was Head of SAS Group Communication. Henry Sténson
Torbjörn Possne
Senior Vice President and Head of Group Function Sales and Marketing (since 2008)
Born 1953. Master of Science, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.
Holdings in Ericsson*: 16,586 Class B shares.
Background: Prior to assuming this position, Torbjörn Possne was Head of Market Unit Northern Europe and Global Customer Account Deutsche Telekom and also held other various positions within Ericsson.
Torbjörn Possne
Johan Wibergh
Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit Networks (since 2008) and as of January 1, 2010 also Executive Vice President
Born 1963. Master of Computer Science, Linköping Institute of Technology.
Holdings in Ericsson*: 8,555 Class B shares
Background: Prior to assuming this position, Johan Wibergh was President of Ericsson Brazil. Other former experience includes President of Market Unit Nordic and Baltics, Vice President and Head of Sales at Business Unit Global Services.
Johan Wibergh
Jan Wäreby
Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit Multimedia (since 2007)
Born 1956, Master of Science, Chalmers University, Göteborg. Board Member: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB. Holdings in Ericsson *: 37,698 Class B shares. Background: From 2002 to 2006, Jan Wäreby was Executive Vice President and Head of Sales and Marketing for Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. Jan Wäreby
Cesare Avenia
Chief Brand Officer (Effective November 9, 2009) and Head of MU South East Europe Born 1950, degree in Electronics Engineering Board member: Member of the Steering Committee for Innovation and Technology Services within the Association of Telecom service providers within Confindustria, the National Association of Industralists in Italy. Background: Cesare Avenia joined Ericsson in 1994 when he was appointed marketing manager for division Mobile Systems. In parallel, he has been teaching industrial marketing at the University of Tor Vergata in Rome. Cesare Avenia
Up to August 31, 2009, Bert Nordberg, fomer Executive Vice President and Chairman of Redback and Entrisphere, and also head of Ericsson Silicon Valley was a member of the Group Management Team of the company. Mr Nordberg joined Sony Ericsson as Co-President on September 1, 2009. (Press release)
* The number of Class B shares (and Class A shares, if applicable) includes holdings by related natural or legal persons. Options and matching rights are reported in Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements – Note C29, “Information Regarding Employees, Members of the Board of Directors and Management” in the Annual Report.
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