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neXus appoints new CFO

Magnus Karlsson joins neXus as CFO on February 22, 2016, becoming a new member of the group management. Magnus succeeds Björn Johansson, who has decided to seek new challenges outside the group after nine years with neXus.

Magnus has almost 20 years of experience from senior positions within the financial field, joining neXus from the position as Finance Director within the nuclear power division of Vattenfall. Magnus has an international background, including responsibility for procurement, IT, operational excellence, controlling and M&A.

"neXus is on the cusp of massive expansion, and we need a senior person used to handling all financial dimensions of an international corporation in growth," says neXus's CEO Lars Pettersson. "He has a strong systematic approach and the ability to analyze and develop financial structures in a highly successfully manner."

"The commercial potential for neXus within IT systems for digital and physical access is enormous. This is a fast-growing international market, and I see very much forward to strengthening the company’s position through continued focus on value-creation and profitable growth on our main markets of the Nordic Region and DACH, but also other international markets" comments Magnus Karlsson.

Topics

  • Data, Telecom, IT

Categories

  • 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.

Contacts

Lars Pettersson

CEO +46 8 685 45 60

Carolen Ytander

Press contact CMO +46 8 685 45 60

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