Birgitta Finnander took up a post of the Head of R&D Center Poland and Ukraine. Effective June 15, 2017 she succeeds Paweł Szczerkowski.
The new Head of R&D Center Poland & Ukraine joined Ericsson in 1990.

Her career started in the R&D department and then she moved over to work with Strategic Product Management for mobile systems. The Management positions were held in different Product Management and R&D organizations including products like IN, IMS, Positioning, Radio. She has also led big change programs while in different DU Leadership Teams.

Since 2010, Birgitta Finnander has been closely involved in co-operation with Ericpol (Ericsson R&D since April 2017) in Poland and Ukraine.

Birgitta Finnander is a Master of Science in Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering from Linköping University in Sweden. During her spare time she likes to travel and play golf. She also find the pleasure in cooking. Birgitta will be based in Kraków.

Paweł Szczerkowski, the previous Head of R&D Center will take a new role, to be announced separately, within the Business Area Networks.