Niklas Savander (born 4 August 1962 in

Helsinki Helsinki () is the Capital city, capital and most populous List of cities and towns in Finland, city in Finland. It is on the shore of the Gulf of Finland and is the seat of southern Finland's Uusimaa region. About people live in the municipali ...

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) is a Finnish businessman currently active as a Chairman and Private Equity adviser. Savander was previously President and CEO of Elekta AB a Swedish listed company focused on Cancer treatment systems. Before his Elekta presidency Savander was the Executive Vice President of the markets unit of

Nokia Corporation Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational telecommunications, information technology, and consumer electronics corporation, originally established as a pulp mill in 1865. Nokia's main headquarters are in Espoo, Finland, in the Helsinki metro ...

. Savander became a member of the Nokia Group executive Board in 2006, having joined the company in 1997. Savander was the deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tamfelt Oyj until it was sold to METSO, a member of the Board of NokiaSiemensNetworks since the inception of the company, Chairman of Nebula Oy before it was sold to Telia Company, Chairman of Zervant Oy before it was sold to Ageras Group AS, a board member of Verne Global Ltd before it was sold to Digital 9 Infrastructure, Chairman of Cint Group AB up until its IPO on Nasdaq Stockholm and Chairman of SilverFin BV before it was sold to Visma Group. He also held Board positions in Klarna Bank and Doro. Currently Savander is Chairman of EasyPark Group AS, Evondos Group Oy, Outpost24 AB and Papirfly Group AS. Savander is active in the non-profit domain as well with several board memberships in Finnish foundations and he is the chairman of Waldemar von Frenckells Stiftelse. Savander is married and has two children. He enjoys playing golf and telemark skiing

Education

Savander holds a

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from the

Helsinki University of Technology Helsinki University of Technology (TKK; ; , HUT in international usage) was a technical university in Finland. It was located in Otaniemi, Espoo in the Helsinki metropolitan area, and it was one of the three universities from which the modern d ...

and a

Master of Business Administration A Master of Business Administration (MBA) is a professional degree focused on business administration. The core courses in an MBA program cover various areas of business administration; elective courses may allow further study in a particular ...

from

Hanken School of Economics Hanken School of Economics (, also known as Hanken) is a business school in Finland with two campuses, Helsinki and Vaasa. Founded in 1909, it is the oldest business school in Finland, and one of the oldest in the Nordic countries. Its programme ...

in Helsinki. He is fluent in

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and Finnish.

References

Niklas Savander at Nokia.com
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