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Carolen Ytander new CMO for neXus

neXus is boosting its company management by recruiting Carolen Ytander to head up marketing, communications and strategic HR. Carolen most recently worked at Vattenfall, where she held a number of executive positions, including Head of Nordic Marketing.

Carolen Ytander has 20 years of experience in managerial positions and communications in medium sized companies, as well as large international groups in finance, media, IT, telecom and energy. These roles involved responsibility for markets in the Nordic countries, Europe and the US.

"neXus must have a strong focus on the market and customers, and Carolen is perfect to take on that role," says neXus's CEO Lars Pettersson. "She has the ability to analyze and act on customer insights and to create a business-oriented market organization, in which cooperation, structure and focus allow for expansion."

"neXus is a pioneering IT security company and I very much look forward to strengthening the company's position in prioritized markets," says Carolen Ytander. "My main contribution is my ability to take the entire company on a journey from strategy to implementation. I am passionate about business, being both a strategist and an executor. At neXus, I see myself as a catalyst for achieving leverage through great enthusiasm, perseverance and business-orientation."

Carolen will take up her position on January 1, 2016.

Topics

  • Data, Telecom, IT

Categories

  • carolen ytander
  • cmo
  • recruitment
  • technology nexus

Regions

  • England

neXus

neXus is a leading international provider of security solutions and services, within both physical and logical access. A comprehensive end-to-end offering makes neXus the ideal one-stop Identity and Access Management provider. neXus has its headquarter in Stockholm and branches in Germany, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, France, India, US and the UK.

For more information, please visit nexusgroup.com.

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