Jesper Hagberg

Professional Background

• Over 25 years of international experience in Digitalization and Digital Transformation in the Speciality Chemical Industry.
• CEO Nordic region, turnover 175 MEUR
• Leading global Operational Excellence teams, driving change with Lean and Six Sigma methodologies
• 20+ years in various CIO and IT management positions working mainly within project management, ERP (SAP, Movex, NAV) M&A, strategy and business driven IT
• Published several articles and methodologies on Digitalization, Digital Transformation, Performance Excellence and Exit Excellence
• Master of Science, Business Administration and Economics
• Bachelor of Science, Computer Science
• Based in Sweden
• Native Swedish, fluent English and basic German and French

M&A Skills & Expertise

• Post Merger Integration (PMI), M&A, Divesture
• IT Program management, complex portfolio and global change management leadership
• Operational Transition, IT and Change Management as consultant
• Multiple outsourcing, off-shoring and near-shoring projects
• Lean & Six Sigma driven change across the globe
• Company management as CEO and board member
• Restructuring and Turnaround
• Corporate Strategy and Implementation
• Excellent stakeholder capabilities
• Executive level business coach with a strong background in leadership development
• FOCUS AREAS: Post-Merger Integration, Digital Transformation, IT, Strategy, Excellence, Digitalisation, Lean, Supply-Chain, Project and Program Management

Project Highlights

• PMO lead of post-merger integration of global IT integration, expanding to lead the integration of all functions and BU’s spanning EUR 1,5 billion sales, 6.000 people in 40 countries
• Exchanged infrastructure in 27 countries, 82 sites, 3.000 users and migrated data center in 9 month
• Roll-out SAP to 27 countries with 21 country go-lives in 12 months
• Closed overall integration within time and budget
• Coached PMO lead in global M&A / divesture-program, spanning 3 global business units
• Participated in multiple M&A, divestures, global change programs as IT project leader
• Proven track-record successfully leading Digitalisation and Digital Transformation across the globe
• Delivered all-time high benefits and top cost-benefit ratio as global Excellence leader by introducing and implementing an agile change program soaring projects with 50%