Executive biographies

Bert Nordberg, President

Bert Nordberg was appointed President of Sony Ericsson on 15 October 2009.

Overview of Professional Experience

• From 2008 Bert Nordberg is Executive Vice President and Head of Ericsson Silicon Valley, based in California, USA.
   
• From April 6, 2004 to January 31, 2008, Bert Nordberg was Executive Vice President, Group Function Sales and Marketing, Ericsson, based in Sweden.
   
• Bert Nordberg became Senior Vice President, Group Function Sales and Marketing, on December 31, 2003.
   
• From May 1, 2002 to December 31, 2003, Bert Nordberg was Head of Business Unit Systems, and from 2001 to 2002 he was Head of Business Unit Global Services.
   
• In July 2000 Bert Nordberg was appointed Executive Vice President of Division Global Services. From 1999 to 2000 he was Executive Vice President of Ericsson Services, which included all services for the Operator Segment.
   
• Bert Nordberg joined Ericsson in Sweden in 1996 as Head of Enterprise Services, which provided all services for their Enterprise Segments.
   
• His experience during the period of 1985 to 1996 included various positions with Data General Corporation and Digital Equipment Corporation in Sweden.

Educational Background

Bert Nordberg was born in Malmö, Sweden, in 1956. He received degrees in Electronic Engineering in 1978 and Engineer in the Swedish Marines from Berga, Sweden, in 1980. He has complemented these degrees with courses in International Management, Marketing and Finance at INSEAD University, France.

October 2009

Kristian Tear, Executive Vice President

Overview of Professional Experience

• Corporate Vice President and Head of Western Europe and Global Customer Accounts, Sony Ericsson, 2009 to April 2010

• Corporate Vice President and Head of Global Customer Accounts, Sony Ericsson, 2005 to 2009

• President of Ericsson South East Asia, 2004 to 2005

• President of Ericsson Germany, Switzerland and Austria, 2000 to 2004

• President of Ericsson Central America, 1999 to 2000

• Vice President Export of Ericsson Mexico, 1997 to 1999

• Director positions in Sales & Marketing and Services, Ericsson Sweden, 1988 to 1997 

Educational Background
Masters Degree in Science, The Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, 1988
Ericsson Executive MBA Programme, Columbia University, New York, 2002.

Kristian Tear was born in Stockholm in 1963. He is married and has three children.

William A Glaser Jr, Chief Financial Officer

William ‘Bill’ Glaser was appointed CFO of Sony Ericsson on 16 April 2010 and is based at Sony Ericsson’s corporate global offices in London as well as its offices in Lund, Sweden.

Overview of Professional Experience

• From November 2006 to April 2010 Bill held the position of Vice President, Head of Sony Group Risk Office for Sony Corporation, based in New York and Tokyo
• Between May 2000 and November 2006 Bill was Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller for Sony Electronics Inc, based in the USA
• From July 1995 to April 2000 Bill held a number of managerial positions within Sony Corporation of America, including: Vice President, Finance Group
• Bill joined Sony in the USA in July 1990 and until June 1995 he held a number of positions in areas such as finance, strategy and business development
• Before joining Sony Bill held positions at Price Waterhouse in the USA, where he became a Certified Public Accountant

Other
A native of the US, Bill Glaser has a Bachelors of Science Degree in Business and Economics and a Masters of Science Degree in Management Sciences from Lehigh University, in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. In addition to postings in the US, UK and Japan, he has lived in Brazil and Belgium. Bill Glaser is 47 years old.

16 April 2010

Rikko Sakaguchi, Executive Vice President

Rikko Sakaguchi was appointed Executive Vice President and Chief Creation Officer of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications in October 2009. As of January 2010 he was appointed a Member of the Board of Directors.

Rikko has held the position as Corporate Vice President and Head of Creation and Development within Sony Ericsson. In this position he led the group of engineering, development, planning, creative designs, and media services of over 7,500 people worldwide, responsible for the creation and development of Sony Ericsson’s entire product and service portfolio.

Prior to his positions at Sony Ericsson, Rikko played an instrumental role in the creation of the Sony Ericsson joint venture whilst working in the Corporate Development and Business Strategy division of Sony Corporation. He also has a number of years of experience in management as well as sales and marketing for Sony companies overseas.

Rikko was born in Kitakyushu, Japan in 1963. He is based at Sony Ericsson in Lund and lives with his family in Malmö, Sweden.

 

Overview of Professional Experience   

2002-Present :   Sony Ericsson 
                           Mobile Communications

2009 October        EVP and Chief Creation Officer
2008                    CVP and Head of Creation and 
                           Development
2006-2008            SVP and Head of Portfolio,   
                           Platform and Propositions
2003-2006            SVP and Head of Product 
                           & Application Planning and
                           Management
2002-2003            SVP and Head of Application
                           and Content Development, 
                           Sony Ericsson

1987-2002 :         Sony Corporation and Group companies

1999-2001            Corporate Development and
                           Business strategy, 
                           Sony Headquarters
1995-1998            General Manager, Head of
                           Consumer Sales and 
                           Marketing, Sony Spain, SA
1989-1995            Head of Marketing, 
                           Sony Mexico, SA
1987-1989            International Sales & 
                           Marketing, Logistics, 
                           Sony Corporation

November 2009