Bert Nordberg is appointed Chairman of Ericsson Group companies
Redback and Entrisphere (NASDAQ: ERIC), effective as of February 1.
Bert Nordberg is presently Head of Sales and Marketing and Executive
Vice President. He will remain in the position as Executive Vice
President.
The aim is to accelerate Ericsson's activities in next generation IP
networks and leverage the position of the Group's Silicon Valley
based companies. Bert Nordberg will be based in San Jose, California.
Carl-Henric Svanberg, President and CEO of Ericsson, said: "Bert
Nordberg has been very successful in his position as head of sales
and marketing, instrumental in growing our business with SEK 60
billions in the years 2004-06. Now his proven managerial skills will
be used to accelerate our activities next generation IP networks with
Silicon Valley as base".
Nordberg will be the first person in the group management team who is
based outside of Sweden. The successor to the position as Head of
Sales and Marketing will be appointed in due time.
Notes to editors:
Link to Bert Nordberg's bio and photos:
www.ericsson.com/ericsson/corpinfo/management/bert_nordberg.shtml
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