Tele2 has announced the appointments of a new chief financial officer (CFO), a new chief commercial officer (CCO), and the departure of its group general counsel. It has named Charlotte Hansson as CFO from 10 January 2022, and Hendrik de Groot as CCO from 02 August 2021. General counsel Stefan Backman has decided to leave the group
Between the departure of current CFO Mikael Larsson and Hansson's starting date, Tele2 has appointed Peter Landgren, head of financial planning and reporting, as interim CFO. Hansson was most recently CFO of Systembolaget, the Swedish state alcohol retail chain. Before that, she was group CFO at PR software and service company Cision, CFO at Swedish facility management company Addici. and also has a background at MTG. She currently sits on the board of medical technology firm Orexo,
Tele2 group CEO Kjell Johnson said Hansson’s experience as CFO at companies in different industries will bring fresh perspectives and ideas to the business, particularly her involvement in overhauls such as towards e-commerce.
De Groot replaces Samuel Skott as CCO. De Groot has extensive experience in telecoms, in particular in convergence. Most recently he has been head of group commercial and group FMC officer at Veon, and before that, he was CCO and VP for commercial and customer operations at Ziggo. He has spent time at telecoms firms such as Colt, Vodafone, BT and MCI International, too. Johnsen said his appointment will enable Tele2’s B2C unit to continue executing its strategy, and developing the combined offerings of both Tele2 and its Comviq brand.
Tele2 added that group general counsel Backman, has decided to leave the group in order to pursue other opportunities., and that a search for his successor will commence immediately. Separately, Telia Company has announced Backman’s appointment as its EVP group general counsel, head of corporate affairs, to succeed Jonas Bengtsson who has decided to leave the company at the end of 2021.
Backman will take up his new role no later than summer 2022. Telia said Bengtsson is taking up an opportunity outside of the telecoms sector. Telia thanked him for his contribution to resolving some of the group's most significant challenges in recent years, and the resetting of its Nordic and Baltic strategy. CEO Allison Kirkby thanked him for his support since her arrival at Telia.
