Stephan has more than 20 years of top level industry transformation experience and holds the role as Chief Digital Officer at Handelsbanken since September 2016. He has been with Ericsson for 10 years where he was Director of Strategic Marketing and Networked Society Evangelist.  

Prior to his work at Ericsson, Stephan was the Senior Executive Vice President of Strategy and Sales Coordination at T-Systems in Germany, Deutsche Telekom´ s ICT Service Provider unit. Stephan had also served in a variety of roles within Deutsche Telekom including Sales, Executive assistant to the CEO, Strategy and Business Development. 

Stephan holds a Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from KTH/Stockholm, Sweden and RWTH/Aachen, Germany and has completed post graduate executive programs at London Business School, Boston University, European School of Management and Technology (ESMT), and Kellogg School of Management.