Jeanette Irekvist is the President of Ericsson Canada and leads a world-class team driving Ericsson’s engagements with customers, partners, and other stakeholders across the country.
A veteran of the technology sector and a proven transformational leader, Irekvist has more than 20 years of experience in the industry with Ericsson and has held senior leadership roles across Strategy, Sales, Operations, Marketing and Communications in the U.S., Canada, and Europe.
Irekvist joined the North American team almost a decade ago and has worked with several of the largest carriers in the U.S., building and managing their wireless networks, as well as strategically growing Ericsson’s Enterprise business. Prior to joining the North American team, Irekvist worked with all major service providers in Europe and Nordic region, as well as in the enterprise and device ecosystem heading Global Marketing at ST-Ericsson and leading the Global Partner Sales in Ericsson Enterprise.
Irekvist is passionate about building diverse, inclusive, and successful teams and driving meaningful relationships with focus on value creation to ensure growth and positive business outcome for all stakeholders. She is a dedicated, strategically minded customer-first executive, with a proven track record leading business and people in a highly competitive and dynamic environment.
In 2024, Irekvist expanded her leadership role by joining the Board of Directors of the Canadian Telecom Association for a two-year term, bringing her extensive industry experience to contribute towards advancing Canada’s digital policy and telecom sector.
Irekvist has a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Law, both from Lund University in Sweden. She also studied business and law at the University of Singapore. Jeanette was part of the founding Ericsson Diversity Council and is the Executive Sponsor of Ericsson’s North America Sustainability Council.
