Jan Stenberg (1939–2015) was a
Swedish
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businessperson and
chairman of the board of
Stepstone,
Cygate Måldata,
Service Factory,
Marratech,
Spring Mobil,
Q-matic and
Tific.
Stenberg was educated with a
law degree from the
University of Stockholm
Stockholm University ( sv, Stockholms universitet) is a public research university in Stockholm, Sweden, founded as a college in 1878, with university status since 1960. With over 33,000 students at four different faculties: law, humanities, soci ...
in 1964, and joined
Ericsson
(lit. "Telephone Stock Company of LM Ericsson"), commonly known as Ericsson, is a Swedish multinational networking and telecommunications company headquartered in Stockholm. The company sells infrastructure, software, and services in informa ...
in 1967. He held a number of positions in Ericsson, including
vice president
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before being hired as
chief executive officer
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of
SAS Group in 1994, a position he held until 2001. He was also chairman of
TeliaSonera
Telia Company AB is a Swedish multinational telecommunications company and mobile network operator present in Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
Telia also owns TV4 Media which includes TV4 in Sweden, MTV Oy in F ...
(1999–2000) and was announced as chairman of the would-be merger between Telia and
Telenor, had the merger not failed.
Stenberg served on a multitude of boards and has held a number of higher executive positions in different corporations. At Ericsson alone—a career which lasted 25 years—Stenberg had served as the Executive Vice President of the Ericsson Group, the General Counsel and Secretary of the Board of Directors, the President of Ericsson Cables AB and the Head of Business Area Cables. Starting in 1985 and ending 1990, Stenberg was the Head of Business Area Public Telecommunications for Ericsson and, in 1992, Stenberg left Ericsson. The boards that Stenberg served on and chaired are also many. He served as the chairman of the board of directors for Service Factory AB, B2 Bredband AB, Stepstone ASA, Cygate AB, Karolinska University Hospital and ETOUR. These enterprises were mainly telecom and information technology companies. Stenberg was additionally a director of the Supervisory Board for
Lufthansa and the Royal Swedish Opera.
[Executive Profile: Jan Gustaf Stenberg; Bloomberg Newsweek; 2014]
References
1939 births
SAS Group people
Swedish airline chief executives
2015 deaths
Stockholm University alumni
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