Tieto appoints Alexandra Drevenlid as Chief Digital Officer

Alexandra Drevenlid has been appointed Chief Digital Officer to further enhance the digital experience of Tieto. Drevenlid will focus on driving digitalization both for customers and internally, supporting Tieto’s strategic aim to be customers’ first choice for business renewal. 

Alexandra Drevenlid joins Tieto from Tele2, where she has held several leadership roles during the past decade, most currently as Director Network & IT and Chief Technology and Information Officer. Prior to her long career at Tele2, Drevenlid was Director of Marketing at Dynarc Ab and Head of Engineering at GlobalOne Services AB.

“Tieto is currently entering a very exciting phase of accelerating innovation and growth through a new strategy and investments into services and solutions such as Customer Experience Management, cloud services and Internet of Things. I am thrilled to join Tieto and turn the digitalization opportunities in the market into an enhanced experience for Tieto’s customers and employees,” says Alexandra Drevenlid.

“Alexandra brings with her over 20 years of experience at the intersection of technology and customer experience. I am truly delighted that she joins Tieto to enhance our customers’ experience of Tieto’s digitalized services and related innovation ambitions. Alexandra will play a crucial role driving the digital development of our company, thus further increasing the value for our ecosystem of customers, employees and partners,” says Kimmo Alkio, President and CEO. “

Drevenlid starts in her position on 1 October 2016 and will be based in Stockholm. She reports to President and CEO Kimmo Alkio.

For further information, please contact:
Kia Haring, Head of Global Communications: kia.haring[at]tieto.com, +358 40 765 3700

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Tieto aims to capture the significant opportunities of the data-driven world and turn them into lifelong value for people, business and society. We aim to be customers’ first choice for business renewal by combining our software and services capabilities with a strong drive for co-innovation and ecosystems.

Headquartered in Finland, Tieto has over 13,000 experts in close to 20 countries. Tieto’s turnover is approximately EUR 1.5 billion and shares listed on NASDAQ in Helsinki and Stockholm. www.tieto.com