Mats Granryd

Elected 21 May 2025 for a period of up to two years.

Mats Granryd was until recently the Director General of the GSMA and a Member of its Board, stepping down from the position on 30 March 2025. In this role, he led the GSMA in supporting its global membership through a range of industry programmes, advocacy initiatives and industry-convening events. Prior to joining the GSMA in 2016, Mats was President and CEO of Tele2, one of Europe’s fastest-growing telecom operators with more than 16 million customers across nine countries. Previously, he spent 15 years in a variety of roles at Ericsson, most recently as Head of Northern Europe and Central Asia. While at Ericsson, he also led the North West Europe, India, CDMA and North Africa units, as well as the global customer accounts for Vodafone and Bharti.

Chair of the Board of Directors Vattenfall since 2022 and member of Remuneation Committee. Chair of the Board of Business Sweden since 2024, and board member in Ratos since 2024 and member of the Risk and Audit Committee.