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Carl-Henric Svanberg

President and CEO and member of the Board of Directors (since 2003)

Born 1952, Master of Science, Linköping Institute of Technology, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University of Uppsala. Carl-Henric Svanberg holds honorary doctorates at Luleå University of Technology, Sweden and Linköping University of Technology, Sweden.
Chairman: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB.
Deputy chairman: Assa Abloy AB
Board member: The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise, Melker Schörling AB and University of Uppsala.
Holdings in Ericsson *: 3,201,709 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

Hans Vestberg

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and head of Group Function Finance (since October 2007)

Born 1965, Bachelor in Business Administration, University of Uppsala.
Board member: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Svenska Handbollsförbundet.
Holdings in Ericsson *: 16,913 Class B shares.
Background: Prior to these positions Hans Vestberg was head of Business Unit Global Services (2003-2007) and Vice President and head of Market Unit Mexico (2002–2003). Hans Vestberg has held various positions within Ericsson since 1991.

Hans Vestberg
Torbjörn Possne

Senior Vice President, Group Function Sales and Marketing (since 2008)

Born 1953. Masters of Science degree from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm.
Holdings in Ericsson*: 15,107 Class B shares.
Background: Prior to assuming this position, Torbjörn Possne was head of Market Unit Northern Europe and Global Customer Account Deutsche Telekom and held other various positions within Ericsson.

Torbjörn Possne

Bert Nordberg

Executive Vice President and Chairman of Redback and Entrisphere (since 2008)
 

Born 1956, Bachelor in Electronic Engineering, Malmö, Engineer in the Marines, Berga, university
courses in International Management, Marketing and Finance, Insead University, France.
Chairman: Litos reprotryck i Malmö AB.
Holdings in Ericsson *: 20,365 Class B shares
Background: Prior to assuming this position, Bert Nordberg was head of Business Unit Systems and held other various positions within Ericsson.

Bert Nordberg 
 
 
Johan Wibergh

Senior Vice President, head of Business Unit Networks (since 2008)

Born 1963, Master of Science, Linköping Institute of Technology, Sweden
Holdings in Ericsson*: 6,801 Class B shares
Background: Prior to assuming this position Johan Wibergh was President of Ericsson Brazil. Other former experiences include President of Ericsson Nordic and Baltics, Vice President and Head of Sales at Business Unit Global Services.

Johan Wibergh 

Jan Frykhammar

Senior Vice President and head of Business Unit Global Services (since 2008) 

Born 1965, Bachelor in Business Administration and Economics, University of Uppsala
Holdings in Ericsson*: 446 class B shares.
Background: Previous to his current position, Jan Frykhammar held different managerial positions such as head of Sales and Business Control in Business Unit Global Services, CFO in North America and Vice President, Finance within the global customer account Vodafone.

Jan Frykhammar 
Jan Wäreby

Senior Vice President and head of Business Unit Multimedia (since 2007).

Senior Vice President and head of Business Unit Multimedia (since 2007). Born 1956, Master of Science, Chalmers University, Göteborg.
Board member: Sony Ericsson Communications AB.
Holdings in Ericsson *: 36,387 Class B shares.
Background: From 2002 to 2006, Jan Wäreby was Corporate Executive Vice President, and head of Sales and Marketing for Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications.

Jan Wäreby
Carl Olof Blomqvist

Senior Vice President, General Counsel and head of Group Function Legal Affairs (since 1999) 

Born 1951, Master of Law, LL M, University of Uppsala, Sweden.
Holdings in Ericsson *: 1,216 Class A shares och 23,016 Class B shares
Background: Prior to assuming this position, Carl Olof Blomqvist was a partner of Mannheimer Swartling law firm.

Carl Olof Blomqvist 
Håkan Eriksson

Senior Vice President, Chief Technology Officer and head of Group Function Technology (since 2007)

Born 1961, Master of Science and Honorary Ph D, Linköping Institute of Technology.
Board member: Linköping University and Anoto.
Holdings in Ericsson *: 16,765 Class B shares
Background: Prior to assuming this position, Håkan Eriksson was Senior Vice President and head of Research & Development. He has held various positions within Ericsson since 1986.

Håkan Eriksson
Marita Hellberg

Senior Vice President and head of Group Function Human Resources & Organization (since 2003) 

Born 1955, Bachelor in Human Resources Management, Stockholm University, Advanced Management Program, Cedep, France.
Board member: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, Utbildningsradion and Teknikföretagen.
Holdings in Ericsson *: 21,619 Class B shares
Background: Prior to assuming this position Marita Hellberg was Senior Vice President of Human Resources of NCC Group.

Marita Hellberg 
 
 
Henry Sténson

Senior Vice President and head of Group Function Communications (since 2002)

Born 1955, Studied law, sociology and political science, Linköping University and at the Swedish
War Academy, Karlberg, Stockholm.
Board member: Stronghold, the Swedish Public Relations Association and the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce.
Holdings in Ericsson *: 15,975 Class B shares.
Background: Prior to assuming his position, Henry Sténson was head of SAS Group Communication.

Henry Sténson 
Joakim Westh

Senior Vice President and head of Group Function Strategy and Operational Excellence (since 2007)

Born 1961, Master of Science, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Master of Science within
Aeronautics & Astronautics, MIT , Boston, USA.
Board chairman: Absolent AB.
Board member: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB, VKR Holding A/S.
Holdings in Ericsson *: 33,961 Class B shares
Background: Prior to assuming this position, Joakim Westh was Senior Vice President and head of Group Function Operational Excellence. Member of Assa Abloy Executive Management Team. Before this, Joakim Westh was a partner with McKinsey & Co. Inc.

Joakim Westh  
 
 

Up to October 24, 2007, Karl-Henrik Sundström, former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer and head of Group Function Finance, was a member of the Group Management Team of the company.


* The number of Class B shares (and Class A shares, if applicable) includes holdings by related natural or legal persons. The number of Class B shares also includes American Depositary Receipts, where applicable. The share holdings have been updated to reflect reverse split June 2008.

Options and matching rights are reported as of Dec 31,2007 in Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements – Note C29, “Information Regarding Employees, Members of the Board of Directors and Management” in the Annual Report.

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