About us
Management team
The heart of our company is our people. Telenor Connexion consists of more than 60 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.
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Per Simonsen
CEO
Per Simonsen has been 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.
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Göran Brandt
VP 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.
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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.
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Gwenn Larsson
Head of Sales Region EMEA / Head of Marketing
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.
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Fredrik Åkerlind
Head of Sales Region Americas
Fredrik Åkerlind has more than ten years experience within the telecom industry, holding several different management positions.
Prior to his assigment within Telenor Connexion, Fredrik held the position as Manager of Telematics/M2M in Telenor Sweden, the successful business unit out of which Telenor Connexion was sprung.
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Fredrik Salvesen
COO
Fredrik Salvesen has worked within the Telenor Group since 2003, where he held various management positions and latest the position as Vice President Project Management Office. Prior to taking on the position as COO, he served as acting CEO at Telenor Connexion. Previous experiences include CTO of WMI and positions at Accenture and Cap Gemini. Fredrik Salvesen holds a Master of Management from the Norwegian School of Management and a Bachelor of IT Development from the Norwegian School of Information Technology.
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Mikael Lindholm
Head of Market Expansion and Global Alliances
Mikael Lindholm has been in the telecom industry for the past 10+ years. Prior to being part of establishing Telenor Connexion he worked as Director for Telenor Group with go-to-market strategies and tactics throughout Telenors footprint. Prior to joining Telenor Group he worked for Vodafone Global Enterprise unit with the ramping up of the unit and global sales. Previous experience includes positions at Bearingpoint and TietoEnator.
mikael.lindholm@telenor.com