GlobalConnect appoints Uffe Tomasson as new Group Chief Operating Officer

Nordic digital infrastructure and connectivity provider GlobalConnect appoints Uffe Tomasson as its new Group COO (Chief Operating Officer). Tomasson comes from a position as Chief Network Officer at German connectivity provider Deutsche Glasfaser and will assume his new position on April 1, 2023. 

“I’m thrilled to welcome Uffe to the team. With his vast international experience and strategic mindset, he has all the right characteristics needed to support GlobalConnect on the journey we are on. I’m positive that Uffe’s efforts will contribute to our continuous efficiency improvements across our pan-Nordic organization, by securing operations and process management, so that we can keep improving our customer experience while growing our business,” says Per Morten Torvildsen, Executive Vice President, NetCo.

Before joining Deutsche Glasfaser, Tomasson was VP, Head of Delivery at TDC, where he held several leading positions between 2016 and 2021. He also brings more than a decade of experience from various international leading positions within Nokia Networks and Nokia Siemens Networks. 

“GlobalConnect stands for me as a great opportunity to bring critical infrastructure to support the businesses, people and government institutions in our area. Providing great customer service while supporting the digitalization in our markets are matters that I find interesting and I am looking forward to starting that journey with a challenger approach,” says new Group COO, Uffe Tomasson.

Uffe Tomasson holds a Master of Science from the Technical University of Denmark and lives in Copenhagen with his family. He will be a part of the Executive Leadership Team and report to Executive Vice President, NetCo, Per Morten Torvildsen.

Uffe Tomasson is the successor of Martin Nielsen, who decided to leave GlobalConnect to take on new challenges outside the organization.

Kamran Alemdar
Group CMO, Marketing & Communications
kamran.alemdar@globalconnect.se
 

About GlobalConnect Group
GlobalConnect is one of the leading digital infrastructure and data communication providers in Northern Europe. The Group delivers Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) offerings to private households and end-to-end connectivity solutions to enterprises across its infrastructure, consisting of 155,000 kilometers fiber network and 35,000 sqm data center space in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany and Finland. GlobalConnect employs approximately 1,800 people, has 30,000 B2B customers and connects more than 700,000 private households with a high-capacity fiber-based broadband.

GlobalConnect is the result of 2019 and 2020 mergers between Broadnet, GlobalConnect and IP-Only.