Johan Eric Dennelind (born 1969) is a Swedish businessman, and a former CEO of du, a United Arab Emirates telecom company, from September 2019 to September 2020. He was previously president and CEO of Telia Company, the dominant telephone company and mobile network operator in Sweden and Finland .

Johan Dennelind
Born
Johan Eric Dennelind

1969 (age 54–55)
NationalitySwedish
Alma materÖrebro University
OccupationBusinessman
TitleFormer CEO, du
TermSeptember 2019-September 2020
PredecessorOsman Sultan
SuccessorFahad Al Hassawi

Early life

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Dennelind was born in 1969.[1] He has a master's degree in Business Administration from the Örebro University, Sweden.[2][3]

Career

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Dennelind started with Telia Company as a management trainee in 1990.[3]

He was the CEO of Teliasonera from 2013 to 2016.[2][3][4] He was then president and CEO of Telia Company, the dominant telephone company and mobile network operator in Sweden and Finland until 2019.[2]

In September 2019, he succeeded Osman Sultan as CEO of du, a United Arab Emirates telecom company, and departed the company a year later.[5]

Personal life

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Dennelind is married, with children.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b Johan Eric Dennelind President and CEO, du. "Executive Profile | TeliaSonera | Johan Eric Dennelind | Customer Intelligence". Boardroominsiders.com. Retrieved 7 May 2017.[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ a b c Johan Dennelind. "Johan Dennelind, Telia Co AB: Profile & Biography". Bloomberg. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  3. ^ a b c Stocks. "Stocks". Bloomberg. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  4. ^ "Johan Dennelind appointed President and CEO of TeliaSonera | Kcell". Investors.kcell.kz. Archived from the original on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  5. ^ Al Lawati, Abbas (15 September 2019). "Du appoints Johan Dennelind as new CEO". Bloomberg LP. Retrieved 16 September 2019.