Bharti-backed global communications company, OneWeb, said it has appointed former Ericsson SVP Per Borgklint as its Chief Commercial Officer.
“We are thrilled to have Per Borgklint joining the OneWeb team as CCO! With over 20 years of experience in leadership positions, Per will be spearheading our go-to-market strategies across all key verticals, and bringing further momentum to the growth of our commercial team,” OneWeb said in its LinkedIn post.
Borgklint served in leadership roles across telco, media, and software industries, including his role at Swedish telecom gear maker Ericsson AB. He has also held the positions of CEO at Net1, Canal+, Tele2 Netherlands, and Optimal Telecom.
At Ericsson, Borgklint was Senior Vice President and part of its Global Executive Leadership Team, as well as Group Chief Innovation Officer, responsible for commercialising new technologies from concept to global product, and head of Ericsson’s global software and media solutions business.
In his new role at OneWeb, Borgklint will spearhead the satellite communication (SatCom) company’s go-to-market strategies across all key verticals such as enterprise, government, aviation, and maritime.
“With this announcement, we passed another significant milestone. Per brings more than 20 years of transformative leadership to this role and I could not be more excited about the strong progress OneWeb is making to build, demonstrate and commercialise our innovative low Earth orbit network,” said Neil Masterson, CEO of OneWeb.
“OneWeb has a strong purpose-led brand and I’m looking forward to getting started. Success comes from providing a seamless, high-speed customer experience, so it’s exciting to see OneWeb’s innovative platform of easy-to-use digital products which distribution partners can fully leverage to monetise the opportunities of Low Earth Orbit communications,” commented Per Borgklint on his appointment.
Borgklint is a graduate of the University of Southern Europe Monaco, and Jönköping International Business School, with an MSc in Business Administration and Majors in Economics and International Marketing.
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