ERIK ALMQVIST
Erik is the Founder and CEO of Sense Strategy. He set up the firm in London 1999 at a time when technology and digital innovation took the world by storm. He has served in multiple Partner, Managing Director, and leadership positions for Arthur D Little, Arkwright, Analysys Mason and goetzpartners.
Erik comes from a long line of engineers and innovators. His great grandfather Sven Alexander Almqvist designed and built the world’s first oil tanker, the Zoroaster together with Ludvig Nobel, the elder brother of Alfred Nobel in 1878.
Erik has done the world’s first scientific calculation of the effects of broadband speed upgrades on economies, and is together with Patrik Regårdh the co-creator of The Ericsson Networked Society City Index.
He has digitally transformed Telia Company, financially rescued Mobily of Etisalat Group, and saved the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga. In the energy sector he has formulated strategies and led energy and digital transformations. He is an adviser to the UAE Government and the UAEIIC on Foreign Direct Investments and Institution Building. Erik has recently been involved in a string of national digital economy transformations and 4IR enablement of 30+ countries in the Middle East and Africa.
He holds a Masters degree in Economics and Business Administration from The Stockholm School of Economics and advises on a range of strategic, digital economy, operative, 4IR, transformation and M&A matters for Government, Energy, Technology and Telecommunication companies.
TÕNU GRÜNBERG
Tõnu is a senior executive and telecom expert with over 20 years experience.
He has served as CEO of Ucell Uzbekistan, CTO and VP of Telia Company Eurasia, and VP of Telia Company Nordic Mobility.
He is a previous Vice President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Uzbekistan, a Member of the Management Board of GS1 Estonia,
Supervisory Council Member of Telecommunications & IT Faculty at the Tallinn Technical University, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Estonian Broadband Development Foundation, Vice President of the Association of Estonian Information Technology & Telecommunications (ITL), Member of the Supervisory Council of the Estonian Information Technology Foundation (EITSA), and Chairman of the Supervisory Council of the Foundation Look@World.
He has led the technology strategy for the first mobile operator worldwide to launch 4G (LTE) commercial services, and enabled the first Mobile-ID assisted parliament elections in the world.
Tõnu advises on technology strategy, network rollouts, innovation & new service development, performance management and governance issues.
ERIK HALLBERG
Erik is a senior executive with over 30 years of operative experience.
He has held various executive leadership positions for Telia Company (Head of Global Business Segment and EVP & President of Eurasia, President International Carrier, SVP Head of Broadband Sweden, SVP Head of Mobility Sweden, Head of Baltic Region at TeliaSonera) and served as Chairman of Eesti Telecom, Latvijas Mobilais Telefons, Omnitel, SIA, TEO, Ncell, Ucell, Tcell, Geocell, Azercell. He has been a board member of Yoigo Spain and Northwest Telecom St Petersburg. He is a former Chairman and co-founder of Glocalnet AB and has served as CEO of Carl Lamm System AB and Diners Club Sweden.
He presently serves as Chair of the Board of Directors at Fidesmo, Chairman of Zynapp, and is a Board Member of HiQ.
He advises on telecom, strategic, operational and board matters.
DR. HÅKAN HEDERSTIERNA
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