Born 1961 Master of Science Royal Institute of Technology Stockholm Master of Science within Aeronautics & Astronautics MIT Boston USA
Board chairman: Absolent AB
Board member: VKR Holding A/S
Holdings in Ericsson*: 124 886 Class B shares
Background: Member of Assa Abloy Executive Management Team. Before this Joakim Westh was a partner with McKinsey & Co. Inc
Joakim Westh is Senior Vice President and Head of Group Function Strategy and Operational Excellence of Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson.
Mr. Westh joined Ericsson on December 1 2004. Between 2000 and 2004 he was appointed on the Board of Directors in a range of companies as well as ran his own companies Absolent and J. Westh F�retagsutveckling.
Between 1996 and 2000 Mr. Westh held various senior management positions within Assa Abloy such as responsible for Group Purchasing and Operational Development. Mr. Westh was also a member of the Assa Abloy Executive Management Team.
From 1987-1996 Mr. Westh held various positions within McKinsey & Co. Inc and was selected partner in 1993.
Mr. Westh is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Absolent AB and member of the Board of Directors of VKR Holding A/S.
Joakim Westh was born in Str�mstad Sweden in 1961. He graduated with a Master of Science degree from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm Sweden in 1985 and with a Master of Science degree within `Aeronautics & Astronautics� from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Boston United States in 1987. |