The Board of Directors appoints the President and CEO and the Executive Vice Presidents. The President and CEO is responsible for the management of day-to-day operations and is supported by the Executive Leadership Team (ELT).

Members of the Executive Leadership Team

Hans Vestberg

President and CEO (since 2010).

Born in 1965.
Bachelor of Business Administration and Economics, University of Uppsala.
Board Chairman: ST-Ericsson and Svenska Handbollförbundet.
Board member: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson and Thernlunds AB.
Holdings in Ericsson:* 116,535 Class B shares.
Background: First Executive Vice President until December 31, 2009. Chief Financial Officer and Head of Group Function Finance until October 31, 2009. Previously Executive Vice President and Head of Business Unit Global Services. Various positions in the Group since 1988, including Vice President and Head of Market Unit Mexico and Head of Finance and Control in USA, Brazil and Chile. International advisor to the Governor of Guangdong, China and co-chairman of the Russian-Swedish Business Council. Member of the Broadband Commission för Digital Development, heading the broadband and climate-change workstream, and member of the advisory board of the Digital Health Initiative.

Hans Vestberg profile and video

Jan Frykhammar

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and Head of Group Function Finance (since 2009).

Born 1965.
Bachelor of Business Administration and Economics, University of Uppsala.
Board Member: ST-Ericsson and the Swedish International Chamber of Commerce.
Holdings in Ericsson:* 6,837 Class B shares.
Background: Previously Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit Global Services. Various positions within Ericsson including 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 profile and video

Magnus Mandersson

Executive Vice President (since November 1, 2011) and Head of Business Unit Global Services (since 2010).

Born 1959.
Bachelor of Business Administration, University of Lund.
Board Member: None.
Holdings in Ericsson:* 12,875 Class B shares
Background: Previously Head of Business Unit CDMA, Market Unit Northern Europe, Global Customer Account Deutsche Telekom AG and Product Area Managed Services. Has also been President and CEO of SEC/Tele2 Europe and COO of Millicom International Cellular S.A.

Magnus Mandersson profile and video

Johan Wibergh

Executive Vice President (since 2010) and Head of Business Unit Networks (since 2008).

Born 1963.
Master of Computer Science, Linköping Institute of Technology.
Board member: ST-Ericsson, Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Royal Institute of Technology and Teknikföretagen.
Holdings in Ericsson:* 28,655 Class B shares
Background: President of Ericsson Brazil, President of Market Unit Nordic and Baltics and Vice President and Head of Sales at Business Unit Global Services.

Johan Wibergh profile and video

Per Borgklint

Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit Support Solutions (since June 7, 2011).

Born 1972.
Master of Science in Business Administration, Jönköping International Business School.
Board member: None.
Holdings in Ericsson:* None
Background: Previously CEO of Net1 (Ice.net), Canal Plus Nordic and Versatel. Has also held several leading positions at Tele2.

Per Borgklint profile and video

Bina Chaurasia

Senior Vice President and Head of Group Function Human Resources and Organization (since 2010).

Born 1962.
Master of Science in Management and Human Resources, Ohio State University and Master of Arts in Philosophy, University of Wisconsin.
Board member: None.
Holdings in Ericsson:* 14,735 Class B shares
Background: Joined Ericsson from Hewlett Packard, where she was Vice President of Global Talent Management. Has held senior HR leadership roles at Gap, Sun Microsystems and PepsiCo/Yum.

Bina Chaurasia profile and video

Ulf Ewaldsson

Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer, Head of Group Function Technology at Ericsson (since February 1, 2012).

Born in 1965.
Master of Science in Engineering and Business Management, Linköping Institute of Technology.
Board member: None.
Holdings in Ericsson:* 10 771 Class B shares
Background: Previously Head of Product Area Radio within Business Unit Networks. Has held various managerial positions within Ericsson since 1990.

Ulf Ewaldsson profile

Douglas L. Gilstrap

Senior Vice President and Head of Group Function Strategy (since 2009).

Born 1963.
Bachelor of Accounting, University of Richmond and Master of Business Administration, Emory University, Atlanta. Executive program at INSEAD, France.
Board member: TM Forum.
Deputy board member: ST-Ericsson.
Holdings in Ericsson:* 5,069 Class B shares
Background: Has held various global managerial positions within the telecommunications sector för more than 15 years.

Douglas L. Gilstrap profile and video

Nina Macpherson

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Head of Group Function Legal Affairs (since January 1, 2011)

Born 1958.
Master of Laws, LL M, University of Stockholm.
Board member: The Swedish Anti-Corruption Institute and the Association for Listed Companies.
Holdings in Ericsson:* 4,508 Class B shares
Background: Previously Vice President and Deputy Head of Group Function Legal Affairs at Ericsson. Previous positions also include private practice and in-house attorney. Member of the Swedish Securities Council.

Nina Macpherson profile and video

Helena Norrman

Senior Vice President and Head of Group Function Communications (since May 23, 2011).

Born 1970.
Master of International Business Administration, Linköping University.
Board member: None.
Holdings in Ericsson:* 4,619 Class B shares
Background: Previously Vice President, Communications Operations at Group Function Communications at Ericsson. Has held various positions within Ericsson’s global communications organization since 1998. Previous positions as communications consultant.

Helena Norrman profile and video

Mats H. Olsson

Head of Region China & North East Asia (since 2010).

Born 1954.
Master of Business Administration from the Stockholm School of Economics.
Board member: None.
Holdings in Ericsson:* 50,547 Class B shares
Background: Also International Economic Advisor to a number of Chinese provincial and municipal governments. Previously Head of Market Unit Greater China. Has held various executive positions across Asia-Pacific over the last 25 years. Appointed President of Ericsson Greater China in 2004, with overall responsibility for Mainland China, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.

Mats H Olsson profile and video

Rima Qureshi

Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit CDMA Mobile Systems (since 2010).

Born 1965.
Bachelor of Information Systems and Master of Business Administration, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Board Member: MasterCard Incorporated
Holdings in Ericsson:* 3,477 Class B shares
Background: Also serves as head of Ericsson Response. Previously Vice President of Strategic Improvement Program and Vice President Product Area Customer Support. Has held various positions within Ericsson since 1993.

Rima Qureshi profile and video

Angel Ruiz

Head of Region North America (since 2010).

Born 1956.
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, University of Central Florida and Master of Management Science and Information Systems, Johns Hopkins University, USA.
Board member: CTIA.
Holdings in Ericsson:* 23,023 Class B shares
Background: Joined Ericsson in 1990 and has held a variety of sales and managerial positions within the Company, including heading up the global account teams for Cingular/SBC/BellSouth (now AT&T). Was appointed President of Ericsson North America in 2001.

Angel Ruiz profile and video

Jan Wäreby

Senior Vice President and Head of Sales and Marketing (since January 1, 2011).

Born 1956.
Master of Science, Chalmers University, Göteborg.
Board Member: ST-Ericsson.
Holdings in Ericsson:* 55,617 Class B shares
Background: Senior Vice President and Head of Business Unit Multimedia and Executive Vice President and Head of Sales and Marketing for Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications.

Jan Wäreby profile and video

* The number of shares reflects ownership as of December 31, 2011 and includes holdings by related natural and legal persons, as well as holdings of any ADS, if applicable. For ELT members appointed after year end 2011, the number of shares reflects ownership as of the time of appointment, and includes holdings by related natural and legal persons, as well as holdings of ADS, if applicable. Updated information on shareholding can be found at the website of the Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority.

Ericsson’s global leadership team

The Global Leadership Team includes the above members as well as:

Kasim Alfalahi

Chief Intellectual Property Officer

Arun Bansal

Head of Region South East Asia and Oceania

Fredrik Jejdling

Head of Region India

Anders Lindblad

Head of Region Middle East

Lars Linden

Head of Region Sub-Saharan Africa

Nunzio Mirtillo

Head of Region Mediterranean

Torbjörn Possne

Head of Global Customer Unit Vodafone

Robert Puskaric

Head of Region Northern Europe & Central Asia

Sergio Quiroga da Cunha

Head of Region Latin America

Anders Runevad

Head of Region Western & Central Europe

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