Group Leadership Team
Kjell Johnsen
President and CEO, Tele2 Group
Born
1968
Experience
Kjell has broad international experience from senior management and board positions in different industries and countries, including Group COO of VEON, CEO Beeline Russia, Chairman of WindTre Italy and EVP Head of Telenor Europe. Prior to joining the telecom industry, Kjell worked internationally with Norsk Hydro and Scandsea International.
Education
Executive MBA, Strategic Management, from Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in cooperation with HEC, France. International Management from Norwegian School of Management. During his military service, Kjell studied Russian at the military academy FSES in Oslo.
Other current assignments
None.
Joined Tele2
2020
Holding
B-shares: 100,000
Rights: 100,000 (2020)
Last updated 2021-02-03
Karin Svensson
Executive Vice President, People and Change
Born
1965
Experience
Karin was previously a self-employed Human Resources advisor. She was previously the Chief Human Resources Officer at Bisnode. Karin started her career with Accenture where she was a Partner for 11 years as well as Nordic HR Director and Human Capital Lead.
Joined Tele2
2018
Holding
B-shares: 13,500
Rights: 31,500 Rights (2018), 27,000 (2019), 27,000 (2020)
Last updated 2020-06-01
Mikael Larsson
Executive Vice President, Group CFO
Born
1968
Experience
Mikael was previously CFO of Com Hem. Prior to that Mikael was the CFO of Kinnevik AB for 13 years. He has also held positions at Arthur Andersen as an auditor and a consultant.
Joined Tele2
2018
Holding
B-shares: 97,953
Rights: 60,000 (2018), 60,000 (2019), 60,000 (2020)
Last updated 2021-02-22
Samuel Skott
Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer
Born
1978
Experience
Samuel was previously EVP CEO Tele2 Sweden. He started his career at Tele2 in 2005 and has held several senior positions including Commercial Director for Customer & Product Design.
Joined Tele2
2005
Holding
B-shares: 22,500
Rights: 60,000 (2018), 60,000 (2019), 60,000 (2020)
Last updated 2020-06-01
Kim Hagberg
Executive Vice President, Chief Operations
Born
1966
Experience
Kim was previously Product Management Director at Tele2, overseeing cross functional and cross market processes in which technologies become products. Before that, Kim worked for 12 years at different positions within Telia. She also got experience from the telecom supplier side, after 8 years at different suppliers in Canada, France and Switzerland.
Joined Tele2
2013
Holding
B-shares: 13,789
Rights: 8,000 (2018), 27,000 (2019), 27,000 (2020)
Last updated 2021-02-23
Stefan Backman
Executive Vice President, Group General Counsel
Born
1975
Experience
Stefan has held several senior positions at Tele2 over the past 11 years. Prior to that, he worked at the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (PTS) and at the Administrative Court of Stockholm.
Joined Tele2
2007
Holding
B-shares: 13,500
Rights: 31,500 (2018), 27,000 (2019), 27,000 (2020)
Last updated 2020-06-01
Yogesh Malik
Executive Vice President, CTIO
Born
1972
Experience
In 2014-2020, Yogesh served as VEON’s Group CTO and a member of VEON's executive board. Prior to joining VEON, he was the CEO of Telenor India (Uninor), following a number of senior technology and business roles in Europe, North and South America, China and South Asia. Yogesh is an Executive MBA graduate of IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland, and holds a degree in engineering from MSU University in India.
Joined Tele2
2021
Holding
B-shares: 4,240
Last updated 2021-03-18
Stefan Trampus
Executive Vice President, Tele2 B2B
Born
1969
Experience
Stefan has experience from more than 20 years in the Swedish telecommunication industry, including senior roles such as Chief Sales Officer at Com Hem, Head of the B2B and Landlord business units at Com Hem and Head of Broadband Services at Telia Sweden. Stefan is also CEO of Tele2’s subsidiary iTUX.
Joined Tele2
2018
Holding
B-shares: 35.000
Rights: 12.000 (2018), 12.000 (2019), 12.000 (2020)
Last updated 2021-03-05