CEO Today Europe Awards

51 www.ceotodaymagazine.com CEO Today Europe Awards 2018 sweden BÖRJE EKHOLM CEO of Ericsson ABOUT BÖRJE EKHOLM President and CEO (since January 16, 2017) Born 1963. Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. Master of Business Administration, INSEAD, France. Board Member: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and Alibaba, Inc. Holdings in Ericsson: 1,030,760 Class B shares, 2,000,000 call options, and 24,789 synthetic shares (reflects holdings as per February 21, 2018). Mr. Borje E. Ekholm, MSc, MBA was the Chief Executive Officer and President of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ) since January 16, 2017. Mr. Ekholm served as the Chief Executive Officer of Patricia Industries AB from May 12, 2015 to January 2017. Mr. Ekholm has held a variety of management positions since joining Patricia Industries in 1992. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and President of Investor AB from September 1, 2005 to May 12, 2015. He served as a Member of the Management Group at Investor AB from 1997 to May 12, 2015 and was employed there since 1992. He served as the Head of New Investments at Investor Growth Capital. He served as the Head of New Investments from 1999 to 2005 and an Advisor on private equity investments since January 1998. He served as Deputy Chief Executive Officer at Logica AB. He was also associated with McKinsey & Company, Inc. and AB Electrolux (publ). He has served as an Analyst at Core Holdings and Investor AB. From January 1995 to December 1997, he served as the President at Novare Kapital and as its Chief Executive Officer from 1988 to 1992. He was a Manager of Hycliff LLC. Mr. Ekholm has been the Chairman at Logica AB since 2002. He serves as the Chairman of KTH Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan. He served as the Chairman at Nasdaq, Inc. from December 13, 2012 to December 31, 2016. He served as the Interim Chairman of Nasdaq, Inc. from May 25, 2012 to December 13, 2012. He served as the Chairman of the Board of Biotage AB; and at b-business partners. He served as Vice Chairman of Scania AB (publ) since 2007. FIRM PROFILE Ericsson (Telefonaktiebolaget L. M. Ericsson) is a multinational networking and telecommunications company headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. The company offers services, software and infrastructure in information and communications technology for telecommunications operators, traditional telecommunications and Internet Protocol (IP) networking equipment, mobile and fixed broadband, operations and business support services, cable television, IPTV, video systems, and an extensive services operation. Ericsson had 35% market share in the 2G/3G/4G mobile network infrastructure market in 2012. The company was founded in 1876 by Lars Magnus Ericsson; as of 2016 it is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. The company employs around 100,000 people and operates in around 180 countries. Ericsson holds over 42,000 granted patents as of December 2016, including many in wireless communications. On 20 June 2017, Bloomberg disclosed that Ericsson hired Morgan Stanley to explore the sale of its media businesses. Ericsson is one of the leading providers of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to service providers, with about 40% of the world’s mobile traffic carried through our networks. We enable the full value of connectivity by creating game-changing technology and services that are easy to use, adopt and scale, making our customers successful in a fully connected world. For more than 140 years, our ideas, technology and people have changed the world: real turning points that have transformed lives, industries and society as a whole.