Born 1952, Master of Science, Linköping Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University of Uppsala
Chairman: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB
Deputy Chairman: Assa Abloy AB
Board member: The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise and Hexagon
Holdings in Ericsson*: 15,683,577 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 is President and CEO of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.
Mr. Svanberg joined Ericsson on April 8, 2003. Between 1994 and 2003, he was President and CEO of the Assa Abloy Group.
From 1986 to 1994, Mr. Svanberg worked for the world-leading security company Securitas. In 1990, he was named First Executive Vice President for the Securitas Group, with responsibility for alarm solutions and locks.
From 1977 to 1985, Mr. Svanberg held various foreign assignments within project exports for Asea Brown Boveri (ABB).
Carl-Henric Svanberg was born in Porjus, Sweden, in 1952. He holds a Master of Science degree from the Linköping Institute of Technology, Sweden, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Uppsala University, Sweden.
Mr Svanberg holds honorary doctorates at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden and Linköping University of Technology, Sweden. |