Bert Nordberg was appointed President of Sony Ericsson on 15 October 2009.
Overview of Professional Experience
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
Overview of Professional Experience
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 ‘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
16 April 2010
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