Curriculum Vitae of Lennart BromanConfidential
Lennart Broman
Svanholmsvägen 27
S-182 75 Stocksund
Stockholm
Sweden
Mobile +46-(0)70243 2320
Nationality: Swedish, born March 20, 1958
Marital status: Married, with two children
Languages: Swedish (mother tongue), English, German and some French
Summary of qualifications
- Twenty years of top management posts in the Telecom and Information Technology Industry, Holding companies as well as Operations Companies. Sales Manager, Vice President, Managing Director and Chairman/Director of the Board.
- Management of market entries and start-up’s, financing, operations, administration, consolidation and M&A within Telecom and IT.
- License acquisitions, reconstructions, mergers & acquisitions and privatisation’s including negotiations with Governments, partners, financial institutions and suppliers in several Countries.
- Graduate in Business Administration with emphasis in Financing.
- MITSloanSchool Alumni.
Education
-93IMD, Lausanne, International Programme for Board Members
-92Führungs Akademie, Bonn, Deutsch für Führungskräfte
-91Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston , SE Graduate.
-89Institute For Leadership, Stockholm, Management Development
-84MSc in Business Administration at StockholmUniversity
Professional experience
2002 – Present SwedtelAB
Executive Vice President
Responsibility for all Swedtel Markets except Americas
This includes positions as :
Chairman Swedtel Thailand
Chairman Swedia Networks SDN BHD (Malaysia)
Chairman Swedtel Middle East (Dubai)
Chairman WT Bangladesh Ltd.
Director WT Mauritius
Director WT Zimbabwe
2000 – 2002WorldTel ltd. (London) & WorldTel Holding (Bermuda)
Chief Operating Officer
Responsibility for WorldTel operations as well as business development,
technology selection and procurement.
This included positions as :
Chairman WT Bangladesh Ltd.
Director WT Mauritius
Director WT Zimbabwe
WorldTel is a Telecom development and Investment Company founded by]
ITU, with shareholders as AIG, GE Capital, Reliance, Bank of Scotland,
Intel etc. Since 1998 WorldTel and its different entities invested over 400
MUSD in Telecom ventures around the World.
1996 - 2000Telia Overseas AB (Sweden)
Vice President & Director AfricaMiddle East.
Bottom line responsibility to select, start-up, manage, operate and develop all Telia ventures in that part of the World.
This included heading Telia-projects and operating companies in countries like Israel, South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Senegal, Uganda, Kenya, Morocco and Kuwait. This including positions as Chairman, Interim MD, and Director of the Board in the various companies. The Telia companies in the region are very profitable, and have gone from start-up to several hundred thousand customers in a few years creating an excellent shareholder value for Telia Overseas.
1992 - 1996Telia International (Sweden)
Director, Business Development. Responsible for starting-up, developing
and managing Telias operating companies and ventures including
managing the Joint Venture holding company Baltic TeleAB (Telia and
Sonera 50/50 controlling joint investments in the Baltic countries), Estonia
(privatisation of the national PTT ), UK (start-up and management of Telia
International UK Ltd.), USA (start-up and management of Telia International North America Inc.) and Poland (acquisition and merger with RP-Telekom
and startup of Netia SA).
This included positions as :
-Managing Director of Baltic Tele AB, Sweden, 92-96
-Director of the Board of Estonian Telephone Company, 92-96
-Director of the Board of Telia International UK Ltd., 93-96
-Chairman of Telia International North America Inc., 94-96
-Director of the Board of Netia Telekom SA, Poland, 95-96
1990 - 1992Telemedia Videotex AB (Sweden)
Vice President for the Swedish national Videotex service
Reorganizing and restructuring a very loss-making business into something profitable.
1985 - 1990Teleannons AB (Sweden)
Head of Division, Teleannons Elektroniska Media. Responsible for the
Electronic Directories as well as databases and ISP’s like Datavision. Through product development and acquisitions the business quadrupled with
profit before tax margins over 30%.
1983 - 1985TeleFakta AB (Sweden)
Sales Manager and later Managing Director in a Company with
Electronic Yellow Pages as its core business. TeleFakta was started from
scratch, and always profitable despite very rapid growth.
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