Former Ericsson, Huawei manager takes up his role this summer.
Jan Ellsberg, a former Vice-President of Ericsson, has been elected the new director general of standardisation body ETSI, following a vote at the General Assembly today (16 April), an ETSI spokesperson confirmed to Euronews.
Ellsberger, a Swedish national, is also a former vice president of industry development at Chinese tech company Huawei in Germany, and now works as an advisor to a consultancy firm. He will take up the job in the summer of this year.
He told Euronews in a reaction that he is "committed to work with all members and stakeholders to re-establish ETSI’s role in the European Standardisation System, and to further strengthen ETSI’s role as a global platform for technology innovation and standardisation in the best interests of European industry and policy makers."
