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Hans Vestberg
Special Advisor, Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Verizon Communications Inc.
Director since: 2018
Key skills and experience
- Leadership: A successful and forward-looking leader in the telecommunications industry with a history of driving shareholder value through innovation and bold investment.
- Strategic planning: An architect of Verizon’s 5G network strategy who helped Verizon be the first in the world to 5G and 5G Mobile Edge Compute, which has since expanded its 5G network nationally for mobility and home internet and business services, and worldwide with 5G private network solutions for enterprises, governments and other organizations.
- Telecommunications expertise: Acquired significant knowledge of the telecommunications and technology spaces over a career spanning decades.
Career highlights
- Verizon Communications Inc.
- Chief Executive Officer (2018-2025)
- Executive Vice President and President of Global Networks and Chief Technology Officer (2017-2018)
- Ericsson
- President and Chief Executive Officer (2010-2016)
- Chief Financial Officer (2007-2009)
- Various positions (1988-2007)
Other public company boards
BlackRock, Inc.
Innovation
Network Technologies