Peter Laurin is Senior Vice President and Head of Business Area Managed Services, one of Ericsson’s four business areas, since April 1, 2017. Business Area Managed Services designs, optimizes and manages networks for operators around the world. In addition, the business area manages operators’ IT applications and data centers. Ericsson provides managed services in more than 100 countries supporting approximately 1 billion subscribers.Before holding his current position, he served as Head of Region Northern Europe & Central Asia – Ericsson’s former home region and one of 10 into which the business was divided at the time. Peter holds a master’s degree from Chalmers University of Technology and an MBA from the School of Economics and Commercial Law, Gothenburg, Sweden, which included an exchange program at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.