Niklas Savander

Niklas Savander (born August 4, 1962 in Helsinki, Finland) is a Finnish businessman and President and CEO (as of 1.5.2014) of Elekta AB a Swedish listed company focused on Cancer treatment systems. Previously Savander was the Executive Vice President of the markets unit of Nokia Corporation. Savander became a member of the Nokia Group executive Board in 2006, having joined the company in 1997. He left Nokia on 30 June 2012 to "pursue other opportunities", following a boardroom shakeup.[1]

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 and a Member of the Board and secretary of Waldemar von Frenckells Stiftelse.

Savander is married and has two children. He enjoys playing and refereeing ice hockey, telemark skiing and golf.

Education

Savander holds a Master's degree in Science from the Helsinki University of Technology and a Master of Business Administration from the Swedish School of Economics and Business Administration in Helsinki. He is fluent in Swedish, English, German and Finnish.

References

  1. ↑ "Nokia Sells Vertu, Buys Scalado, Shakes up Boardroom" (http). International Business Times. 2012. Retrieved June 14, 2012.