Group management

The management group is responsible for developing, implementation and follow-up of the group’s strategic plans and decisions. Bisnode’s executive management team consists of the ceo and the directors of finance, strategic IT, HR and communications, along with the directors of each region, business area and competence centre.

Lars Pettersson

President and CEO

Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, University of Umeå. Employed in current position since 2012 and as Board member since 2011.

Previous positions and experience: Managing Director of Atea Sverige, QD and Martinsson in the IT-industry.
Fredrik Åkerman

CFO and Business Area Director

MSc in Business Administration and Economics, Stockholm School of Economics. Employed since 2005 in current position.
Previous positions and experience: CEO of BTJ Infodata and Dagens Nyheter and executive positions in Statoil.
Björn-Erik Karlsson

Regional Director Nordic

Employed in current position since 2012.

Previous positions and experience: A number of senior positions in the IT inudstry, including COO of Martinsson and Marketing Director, Regional Director and most recently Vice Managing Director and HR Director at Atea Sweden.
Elin Ljung

Corporate Communications Director

BSc in Engineering Electronics with a major in Media Communications, University of Umeå. Diplomas in Business Administration and Marketing. Employed since 2007 in current position.
Previous positions and experience: Communications Manager of the public IT companies Addnode and Nocom.
Karin Svensson

Talent Director

BSc in Business Administration and Economics, University of Umeå. Employed since 2010 in current position.
Previous positions and experience: Management consultant and Partner at Accenture. Nordic Human Resources Director at Accenture.
Eckhard Geulen

Regional Director DACH

PhD in electrical engineering from RWTH-university in Aachen, Germany. Employed in current position since 2011.
Previous positions and experience: Research-engineer at Ericsson, management consultant at Boston Consulting Group, founder of German consultancy firm Launch Group, various positions in Deutsche Telekom, information industry consultant.
Martin Coufal

Regional Director Central Europe

Regional Director Central Europe BSc in Business Administration, University of Economics, Prague. Employed since 1996, as Managing Director at HBI and D&B companies in Central Europe, in current position since 2009.
Previous positions and experience: Several management positions within Bisnode Group. Sales management positions in information providers and consultancy companies.
Martine Bayens

Regional Director France, Belgium and the Netherlands

Master Ingénieur Commercial (MSc) from The ICHEC Business School and is an INSEAD and University of Michigan alumnus. Employed since 2012 in current position.

Previous positions and experience: Managing director at Truvo and several directorships in sales, online strategy and development, operations and IT at Truvo and Thomson Reuters. Also Global Head Operations Merchant & Private Banking at Fortis Bank.
Mattias Aronsson

CIO

MSc in Engineering Physics, Lund Institute of Technology. Studies in Statistics and Economics, University of Lund. Employed since 2009 in current position.

Previous positions and experience: Management consultant and partner at Occam Associates. Consulting positions at McKinsey & Company and A.T. Kearney.