Press release -
Projectplace International strengthens the board with addition of experienced chairman
Projectplace today announced the appointment of industry veteran Peter Lövgren to Chairman of Projectplace’s board at the most recent annual shareholder meeting. At the same meeting, two new board members were elected, Staffan Ingeborn and Magnus Berglind, both representing the shareholder InnovationsKapital.
Peter Lövgren strengthens Projectplace’s board with a solid IT industry background. Previously he served as managing director of Sun Microsystems AB, Microsoft AB and Song Networks AB. Today, Peter specialises in advising and consulting management and board-level directors. He is also chairman of the board of Proximion Fiber System AB and a board member in Didmo and Element AB.
”Projectplace is an extremely interesting company in an exciting stage of expansion. It is a perfect time to grow and increase the market share in Europe and I hope to contribute with my previous experience working with fast-moving IT companies”, said Peter Lövgren, Projectplace’s new chairman. I also look forward to working with such a skilled and experienced team in a rapidly developing industry.”
”Peter’s appointment to chairman of the board will certainly strengthen our position on the European market,” says Pelle Hjortblad, CEO, Projectplace International. ”We are planning to invest major resources in the European market for fast expansion in the coming years and the expanded board will definitely help us reach our high goals”.
The new board member Staffan Ingeborn is managing director and founder of Innovationskapital and serves on several boards, including Silecs, Oxeon, Xtract and now Projectplace International.
Magnus Berglind is investment director of Innovationskapital and founder as well as board member of the leading Nordic consultant broker eWork.
The outgoing chairman, Henrik Baltscheffsky, held the position since 2008. See the board here.
For further information please contact:
Peter Lövgren, tel 073-500 7000
email: peter.lovgren@plmab.se
Media Contact Projectplace International:
Anna Ålenius Mathson, International PR Manager
Tel: 0708- 93 02 46, email: anna.alenius.mathson@projectplace.com
Topics
- Data, Telecom, IT
Categories
- project collaboration
- anna ålenius mathson
- projectplace board
- project management tool
- new chairman
- projectplace
- peter lövgren
- collaboration tool
- manage projects
Regions
- England
Projectplace International is the European leader in project collaboration on the Web. Since 1998 Projectplace has been driving the development of online project tools, inspired by Social Project Management. Today, the service is available in seven languages and has helped over 670.000 users to improve communication and collaboration in their projects. The company has 120 employees based at the headquarters in Stockholm and in local offices in Oslo, Copenhagen, Frankfurt and Amsterdam. Visit us at www.projectplace.com
