At the multi-national security contractor Securitas, Magnus Ahlqvist has been appointed Divisional President of Security Services Europe and a member of Securitas Group Management. He will start by September 1, 2015.
Magnus comes from Motorola Mobility, a Google company before it was recently taken over by Lenovo. Magnus has during the past years been Corporate Vice President of EMEA and India in Motorola. Before, he worked 12 years for Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. His assignments were, among others, President of Sony Mobile Communications in China for three years, Vice President and General Manager Spain & Portugal and Telefonica for three years and General Manager for Sony Ericsson in Canada during three years.
Magnus Ahlqvist, 41, holds a Master of Science in Economics and Business Administration from Stockholm School of Economics, and leadership exam from Harvard Business School. He will be based at Securitas’ UK office in central London.
