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Niklas Heuveldop

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Senior Vice President, chef för affärsområdet Global Communications Platform samt VD för Vonage. Medlem i koncernledningen sedan 2016.

Niklas Heuveldop.

Funktioner: Chef för affärsområdet Global Communications Platform
Född: 1968
Utbildning: Civilingenjörsexamen i Industrial Engineering and Management, Linköpings Tekniska Högskola
Nationalitet: Sverige
Styrelseledamot: Swedish-American Chamber of Commerce
Innehav i Ericsson per den 31 december 2025: 184 018 B-aktier och 15 470 American Depositary Shares.
Tidigare befattningar: Chef för marknadsområdet Nordamerika Har tidigare innehaft ett flertal ledande befattningar inom Ericssonkoncernen, bl.a. Chief Strategy Officer och chef för koncernfunktionen Technology och Emerging Business, Chief Customer Officer och chef för koncernfunktionen Sales, chef för Global Customer Unit AT&T och chef för marknadsenheten Centralamerika och Karibien. Tidigare befattningar utanför Ericsson innefattar VD på ServiceFactory och Chief Operating Officer på WaterCove Networks.  

Niklas Heuveldop is Head of Business Area Global Communications Platform and CEO of Vonage, since February 1, 2024. Vonage is Ericsson’s single largest acquisition and foundational to Ericsson’s strategy to enable network operators to leverage programmable, high-performance networks to their full potential.

Prior to his current position, Heuveldop led Ericsson’s Market Area North America, an organization of approximately 10,500 employees serving customers in the U.S. and Canada with industry-leading technology and services. Under his leadership, Ericsson significantly strengthened its position in North America, expanding the market share with all leading customers in the region, winning a series of record-breaking contracts, including the industry-defining $14 billion deal with AT&T in 2024. 

Since first joining the Group Executive team in 2016, Heuveldop has also held the positions of Chief Strategy Officer, Head of Technology & Emerging Business, as well as Chief Customer Officer and Head of Global Sales.

During his tenure at Ericsson, which began in 1993, Heuveldop has held numerous leadership positions of increasing responsibility across the Americas and Europe.

From 2001 to 2005, Heuveldop led venture capital-backed technology start-ups, first as COO at WaterCove Networks, which was acquired by Alcatel in 2003, and then as CEO at ServiceFactory, a management buyout from Swedish operator Telia.

Heuveldop holds a Master of Science in Industrial Engineering & Management from the Institute of Technology, Linköping University, Sweden.