About us

Management team

The heart of our company is our people. Telenor Connexion consists of more than 75 extremely talented, devoted and motivated individuals who continue to move the company forward with innovative new ideas and new solutions that benefit our customers and employees alike. The Telenor Connexion management team is a highly qualified group with a passion for M2M and telematics and experience from a number of various industries.

Per Simonsen

CEO

Per Simonsen has worked in the telecom industry for 20 years most of the time within the Telenor Group. He has held a number of leading positions and been instrumental in the international expansion of Telenor since 1995. Prior to taking on the position as CEO at Telenor Connexion in February 2009, he served as Senior VP and Head of Group Strategy at Telenor Group. Per Simonsen holds a Master in International Economics and Management from SDA Bocconi in Milan.
per.simonsen@telenor.com
Lottie Saks

CFO

Lottie Saks has more than 16 years of experience in Finance and Business Development. Since 1998 she has held management positions in a number of global companies, where she has gained a genuine understanding of operational improvement and complex sales process in changing markets. Most recently within the healthcare and med tech industry, primarily with Johnson & Johnson, and prior to that in the technology/IT industry with OMX Technology.
lottie.saks@telenor.com
Fredric Liljeström

Head of Sales

Fredric Liljeström has worked with M2M/telematics since 1995, specifically within the automotive sector. Fredric Liljeström joined Telenor Sweden in 2001 and has been influential in developing the telematics business. One of his main assignments has been the project “connected objects”, which at the end of 2008 resulted in the company Telenor Connexion. As a member of the Telenor Connexion management team, Fredric has been highly instrumental in helping the company reach the position as the leading global M2M connectivity provider.
fredric.liljestrom@telenor.com
Fredrik Åkerlind

Head of Account Management

Fredrik Åkerlind has more than 15 years’ experience within the telecom industry, holding several different management positions. Prior to taking on the position as Head of Account Management he served as Head of Sales Region Americas. Previous experiences include the position as Manager of Telematics/M2M in Telenor Sweden, the successful business unit out of which Telenor Connexion was sprung. Fredrik holds a bachelor’s degree in Engineering from the University of Phoenix.
fredrik.akerlind@telenor.com
Gwenn Larsson

Head of Partner Management and Marketing Communications

Gwenn Larsson has more than 15 years of engineering, marketing, business development and B2B sales experience in Telecom. Before joining Telenor Connexion she held the position as Nordic Sales Director for Huawei. Previous experiences include positions at Qualcomm and Motorola. Gwenn Larsson holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Michigan Technological University. She was born in the US but has resided in Stockholm since April of 2000.
gwenn.larsson@telenor.com
Stephen Bryant

Head of Technology and Operations

Stephen Bryant has worked with Telenor Connexion since 2010. He is responsible for Telenor Connexion’s technology and operations including customer service. Stephen worked for over 10 years across the Occident delivering large scale IT and Telecoms solutions in many verticals whilst working for systems integrators such as Logica, Fujitsu Services and BearingPoint – solutions including Telenor Connexion’s M2M platform.
stephen.bryant@telenor.com
Rickard Widerberg

Head of Product Marketing

Rickard Widerberg has worked within Telenor since 2000. Prior to taking on the position as Head of Product in Telenor Connexion, he has held various positions within Business Development (M2M and telematics), Marketing, Sales and Product Development at Telenor Sweden. Previous experiences include heading the Sales Support and Business Development unit at Hydro for End customer Electricity Operations in Sweden. Rickard Widerberg holds a Master of Business Administration with a major in IT and Management from Blekinge Institute of Technology.
rickard.widerberg@telenor.com
Göran Brandt

Head of Business Development

Goran Brandt pioneered the upcoming M2M market within Telenor in 2000. In 2007 Telenor Group gave him the assignment to lead a team, exploring the opportunities in forming a global M2M offer that later resulted in the new company, Telenor Connexion. Previous experiences include Sales and Marketing Management positions with global companies such as Hewlett Packard and Rohde & Schwarz.
goran.brandt@telenor.com