Fagerhult taps new CEO with strong IoT credentials
With the lighting industry heading resolutely into the Internet of Things, Fagerhult Group has landed a new CEO who looks set to bring solid IoT experience – including sensors, data collection, and data analysis – when she joins the Swedish lighting vendor later this year.
Bodil Sonesson is currently vice president of global sales at Swedish security-camera stalwart Axis Communications, which claims to have been the first company in the world to have launched a networked camera, back in 1996, the year Sonesson joined.
Sonesson will replace Fagerhult CEO Johan Hjertonsson, who is stepping up to become CEO of investment firm Investment AB Latour, which owns nearly half of Fagerhult, the publicly-traded, 5.17 billion Swedish krona ($592 million) LED lighting and luminaire company.
When she arrives, Habo, Sweden-based Fagerhult will gain a leader steeped in selling the sort of operations that represent the future of the lighting industry: Internet-connected things that use sensors to detect what’s happening in their environment and that gather and analyze data related to the activities they are spotting.