Clavister has announced the appointment of Björn Norrbom and Ilkka Hiidenheimo to its board of directors, to assist the company in achieving further international growth.
Hiidenheimo brings more than 30 years’ experience in IT business and computer security to the board, having previously founded Stonesoft Corporation, a network security solutions vendor in Finland, in 1990. Hiidenheimo served as Stonesoft’s Chief Technical Officer for 14 years before becoming CEO in 2004, leading the company until its acquisition by McAfee in 2013. He is currently chairman of Hiidenkivi Investment Oy and a member of the board of directors at Teos Oyj, Envault Corporation and Tietotalo Oy.
Norrbom joins the Clavister board of directors with extensive experience in IT and telecom business management. Norrbom held his first management role at IBM spending 16 years at the company, before becoming a director and member of the country management team at DEC, now HP. He has also held executive level roles at Cap Gemini, where he served as President, and Telia, where he was President of several subsidiaries and held a number of Board positions. He also served as Executive Vice President for Qatar Telecom. Since leaving Telia Norrbom has served on numerous boards of directors at listed and non-listed companies in Sweden including LGP Telecom, TimeSpace Radio, SiversIMA, and others.
“We are pleased to welcome Björn and Ilkka to the Clavister board of directors,” commented CEO Jim Carlsson, “Their knowledge of the IT security sector will prove invaluable in ensuring that Clavister continues to grow internationally, providing additional strategic support that will help ensure we continue to achieve market success.”
“I look forward to joining the board of an ambitious and innovative company such as Clavister,” commented Hiidenheimo, “Clavister is well positioned to grow and gain market share and I am delighted to have the opportunity to work with the company’s management team and helping the company expand internationally.”
Commenting on his appointment Norrbom said: “Clavister has an excellent market proposition which gives it a strong competitive advantage against its competitors. I am looking forward to working with the management team to deliver further successes internationally and enhancing the company’s standing as leading provider of robust next-generation security solutions.”