Nils Carlsson

Senior executive Nils Carlsson began his career in the mobile communications industry in 1994 as a Senior Project Manager with Dynapac, a Swedish company based in Karlskrona. In 1995, he accepted a position as the Senior Product Manager for the Marketing Department of Europolitan, a new mobile operator in Stockholm, Sweden. During Nils Carlsson’s tenure, the company increased its workforce from 50 to 500 and saw profits rise from 300 million Swedish Krona (SEK) to 1 billion SEK.

In 1998, Nils Carlsson joined Vodafone as the Head of Marketing and Business Development. Over the next two years the company grew from a turnover of 1 billion SEK to 6 billion SEK. Mr. Carlsson then spent a year as the Marketing Director for Starthouse before returning to Vodafone as the Head of Product Development. From 2001 to 2003, Mr. Carlsson was responsible for the launch of 10 new services that brought in more than 900 million SEK. Nils Carlsson then became the Director of Business Services and was instrumental in the creation of an innovative mobile service that led to strong gains in the company’s market share.

Mr. Carlsson left Vodafone in 2005 to become the Vice President of Product Sales and Marketing for Telenor. Over the course of the next year, his capable handling uplifted the company from losses and a declining market share to profitability. In 2006, Nils Carlsson joined the Netbooster Group as its Chief Operations Officer, a position he holds to this day. This role puts him in charge of eight managing directors. Mr. Carlsson is also a member of the board of directors for a dozen of the company’s subsidiaries.