Board members elected by the Annual General Meeting of Shareholders 2008
| Michael Treschow (first elected 2002) |
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Chairman of the Board of Directors
Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
Member of the Finance Committee
Born 1943, Master of Science, Lund Institute of Technology.
Board Chairman: Unilever NV, and Unilever PLC.
Board member: ABB Ltd and the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation. Holdings in Ericsson 1): 164,000 Class B shares.
Principal work experience and other information: Board Chairman of the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise 2004–2007, President and CEO of AB Electrolux 1997–2002 and Chairman of its Board of Directors 2004–2007. Earlier positions mainly include positions in Atlas Copco, where he served as President and CEO 1991–1997. Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences.
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| Marcus Wallenberg (first elected 1996) |
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Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors
Chairman of the Finance Committee
Born 1956, Bachelor of Science of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, USA. Board Chairman: Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken, Saab AB and AB Electrolux. Honorary Chairman: International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Board member: AstraZeneca PLC, Stora Enso Oy, the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation and Temasek Holdings Limited. Holdings in Ericsson 1): 142,000 Class B shares.
Principal work experience and other information: Positions in Investor AB, where he served as President and CEO 1999–2005. Prior to this he was Executive Vice President at Investor. Previous employers include Stora Feldmühle AG, Citicorp, Citibank and Deutsche Bank.
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| Sverker Martin-Löf (first elected 1993) |
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Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors
Member of the Audit Committee
Born 1943, Doctor of Technology and Master of Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. Board Chairman: Skanska AB, Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA and SSAB. Deputy Chairman:
AB Industrivärden and the Confederation of Swedish Enterprise.
Board member: Svenska Handelsbanken.
Holdings in Ericsson 1): 10,400 Class B shares.
Principal work experience and other information: President and CEO of Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA 1990–2002, where he was employed 1977–1983 and 1986–2002. Previous positions at Sunds Defibrator and Mo och Domsjö AB.
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| Roxanne S. Austin (elected 2008) |
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Born 1961, B.B.A. in Accounting, University of Texas, San Antonio USA. Board member: Abbott Laboratories, Teledyne Technologies Inc., Target Corporation. Holdings in Ericsson: None.
Principal work experience and other information: Since 2004, President of Austin Investment Advisors. President and CEO of DIRECTV 2001–2003. Corporate Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Hughes Electronics Corporation 1997–2000, which company she joined in 1993. Prior to joining Hughes, Roxanne Austin was a partner at Deloitte & Touche. Member of the board of trustees of the California Science Center, member of the California State Society of certified Public Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
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| Sir Peter L. Bonfield (first elected 2002) |
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Member of the Audit Committee
Born 1944, Honors degree in Engineering, Loughborough University, Leicestershire, UK. Board Chairman: Supervisory Board of NXP. Deputy Chairman: British Quality Foundation.
Board member: Mentor Graphics Inc., Sony Corporation, and TSMC. Holdings in Ericsson 1): 4,400 Class B shares.
Principal work experience and other information: CEO and Chairman of the Executive Committee of British Telecommunications plc 1996–2002. Chairman and CEO of ICL PLC 1990–1996. Positions with STC PLC and Texas Instruments Inc. Member of the International Advisory Board of Citi. Member of the Advisory Boards of New Venture Partners LLP, The Longreach Group and Apax Partners LLP. Non-executive Director of Actis Capital LLP and Dubai International Capital. Board Mentor of CMi.
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| Börje Ekholm (first elected 2006) |
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Member of the Remuneration Committee
Born 1963, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. Master of Business Administration, INSEAD, France. Board member: Investor AB, AB Chalmersinvest, Husqvarna AB, Scania, KTH Holding AB, Lindorff Group AB and the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.
Holdings in Ericsson 1): 21,760 Class B shares.
Principal work experience and other information: President and CEO of Investor AB since 2005. Prior to this, Börje Ekholm was Head of Investor Growth Capital Inc and New Investments. Previous positions at Novare Kapital AB and McKinsey & Co Inc.
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| Ulf J. Johansson (first elected 2005) |
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Chairman of the Audit Committee
Born 1945, Doctor of Technology and Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.
Board Chairman: Acando AB, Eurostep Group AB, Novo A/S, Novo Nordisk Foundation, and Trimble Navigation Ltd. Board member: Jump Tap Inc. Holdings in Ericsson 1): 6,435 Class B shares.
Principal work experience and other information: Founder of Europolitan Vodafone AB, where he was the Chairman of the Board 1990–2005. Previous positions at Spectra-Physics AB, where he was the President and CEO, Ericsson Radio Systems AB. Member of the Royal Academy of Engineering Sciences.
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| Nancy McKinstry (first elected 2004) |
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Member of the Remuneration Committee
Born 1959, Master of Business Administration in Finance and Marketing, Columbia University, USA. Bachelor of Arts in Economics, University of Rhode Island, USA. Board Chairman: CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Wolters Kluwer n.v.
Board member: The American Chamber of Commerce, the Netherlands, and TiasNimbas Business School.
Holdings in Ericsson: None.
Principal work experience and other information: CEO and Chairman of the Executive Board of Wolters Kluwer n.v. President and CEO of CCH Legal Information Services 1996–1999. Previous positions at Booz, Allen & Hamilton, and New England Telephone Company. Member of the Advisory Board of the University of Rhode Island, the Advisory Council of the Amsterdam Institute of Finance, the Dutch Advisory Council of INSEAD, and the Board of Overseers of Columbia Business School.
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| Anders Nyrén (first elected 2006) |
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Member of the Finance Committee
Born 1954, Graduate of Stockholm School of Economics, Master of Business Administration from Anderson School of Management, UCLA, USA. Board Chairman: Association of Exchange Listed Companies and Association for Generally Accepted Principles in the Securities Market.
Deputy Chairman: Sandvik AB and Svenska Handelsbanken.
Board member: Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget SCA,
AB Industrivärden, Skanska AB, SSAB, and Ernströmgruppen.
Holdings in Ericsson 1): 6,686 Class B shares.
Principal work experience and other information: President and CEO of Industrivärden since 2001. CFO and EVP of Skanska AB 1997–2001. Director Capital Markets of Nordbanken 1996–1997. CFO and EVP of Securum AB 1992–1996. Managing Director of OM International AB 1987–1992. Earlier positions at STC Scandinavian Trading Co AB and AB Wilhelm Becker.
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| Carl-Henric Svanberg (first elected 2003) |
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Born 1952, Master of Science, Linköping Institute of Technology. Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University of Uppsala.
Board Chairman: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.
Board member: The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise,
Melker Schörling AB and Uppsala University.
Holdings in Ericsson 1): 3,202,528 Class B shares.
Principal work experience and other information: President and CEO of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson since 2003. Prior to this,
Carl-Henric Svanberg was the President and CEO of Assa Abloy AB (1994–2003). Various positions within Securitas AB (1986–1994) and ABB Group (1977–1985). Carl-Henric Svanberg does not have material shareholdings or part ownerships in companies with which the Company has material business relationships.
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Board members and deputies appointed by the unions
| Monica Bergström (first appointed 1998) |
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Employee representative
Member of the Remuneration Committee
Born 1961. Appointed by the Unionen union.
Holdings in Ericsson 1): 1,236 Class B shares.
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| Jan Hedlund (first appointed 1994) |
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Employee representative
Member of the Audit Committee
Born 1946. Appointed by the IF Metall union.
Holdings in Ericsson 1): 566 Class B shares.
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| Anna Guldstrand (first appointed 2004) |
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Employee representative
Member of the Finance Committee
Born 1964. Appointed by the union
The Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers.
Holdings in Ericsson 1): 1,153 Class B shares.
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| Kristina Davidsson (first appointed 2006) |
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Deputy employee representative
Born 1955. Appointed by the IF Metall union.
Holdings in Ericsson 1): 837 Class B shares.
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| Karin Åberg (first appointed 2007) |
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Deputy employee representative
Born 1959. Appointed by the Unionen union.
Holdings in Ericsson 1): 1,292 Class B shares.
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| Pehr Claesson (appointed 2008) |
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Deputy employee representative
Born 1966. Appointed by the union
The Swedish Association of Graduate Engineers.
Holdings in Ericsson 1): 422 Class B shares
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